Kass v. Todd

The plaintiff brought this bill in equity in the Superior Court to require the defendant, who had contracted to build a house for him in Natick, to obtain an occupancy permit, to turn on the sewage pumping station, and to deliver house and garage keys to him. He also asked that damages be assessed for costs (e.g. rent, storage) “occasioned by the . . . [defendant’s] refusal to allow the . . . [plaintiff] to occupy the premises owned by the . . . [plaintiff].” The defendant filed a counterclaim alleging that he did “a major and substantial portion” of the work and that the plaintiff “failed…