Nashua Housing Authority v. Tassie

In this appeal from the Nashua District Court’s grant of a writ of possession to the plaintiff landlord, we must decide whether the court had authority to issue the writ subject to the right of the defendant tenant to defeat the writ by paying all arrearages. We hold that the district court had no such authority and remand the case to the district court with instructions that the unconditional writ of possession issue forthwith.

On February 19, 1980, the plaintiff served the defendant with a written notice to quit for nonpayment of rent, and on March 21, 1980, the plaintiff served the…