Interama, Inc. v. Quieri

This is a Dist/Mun. Cts. R. A D. A, Rule 8C, appeal by the defendant-tenant of a finding for possession and unpaid rent in favor of the plaintiff-landlord after a summary process bench trial. The defendant-tenant argues that the trial judge improperly denied its requests for rulings of law, and erred in not ruling upon each of his counterclaims.

1. The defendant’s charge of error in the trial judge’s disposition of his requests for rulings compels us, once again, to reiterate a few elementary principles about requests for rulings which are governed by Mass. R. Civ. R, Rule 64A There are…