Warwick Housing Authority v. McLeod

OPINION

Justice FLAHERTY,

for the Court.

Barbara McLeod (defendant or McLeod) appeals from a judgment of the Superior Court in favor of the Warwick Housing Authority (WHA or plaintiff) evicting her from her apartment in Meadowbrook Terrace, a subsidized housing complex in Warwick. The defendant contends that because WHA, after giving her notice of termination, continued to accept rent without preserving its right to terminate the lease, was thereby precluded from pursuing the ejectment action and that the motion to dismiss should have been granted by the trial court. The WHA counters that…