McLaren v. Cespedes

Sofia Cespedes (tenant) appeals from a summary process judgment that awarded possession of the apartment in which she lived to plaintiffs Roderick and Kenyia McLaren (landlords). We affirm.3

The tenant's lease permitted only specified family members -- the tenant and her three younger children -- to live in the apartment. Neither Sofia White, the tenant's oldest daughter, nor Tom Washington, the father of the tenant's younger children, was permitted to live in the apartment under the lease. The tenant does not contest the terms of the lease.

What was contested at trial was whether unauthorized…