Legal Opinion
Shires Housing, Inc. v. Carolyn S. Brown and William A. Shepard, II
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided July 21, 2017No. 2016-323PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtEaton, J.
¶ 1. This interlocutory appeal arises out of a mobile home park eviction in which landlord, Shires Housing, Inc., failed to provide tenant, Carolyn Brown, with written notice of tenancy termination before filing for eviction under the Mobile Home Parks Act. The trial court denied defendant's Vermont Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss, ruling that 10 V.S.A. § 6237(a)(3) contains an exception to the notice requirement. Because we conclude that the relevant provision of the Mobile Home Parks Act is ambiguous and because the available tools of statutory interpretation all indicate…
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- In Re Agency of Administration, Etc.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1982
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