Covell v. Matthews

This is an action of summary process to recover possession of the top floor of 73 Massachusetts Avenue in Arlington. The defendants first entered upon the premises as tenants by the entirety in 1916. Whether there was at that time any mortgage upon the premises does not appear and perhaps is not material. In 1919 the defendants mortgaged the premises to one Dinner, who duly foreclosed purchasing them himself. Matthews v. Dinner, 237 Mass. 153. Later one Levins became owner and conveyed them to the plaintiff in May, 1921. In July, 1921, notice to quit and deliver up the premises within…