Legal Opinion
Boston Housing Authority v. Bryant
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided May 14, 1998No. 98-P-0732PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKass, J.
Acting under G. L. c. 121B, § 32, and a parallel provision in its lease, the Boston Housing Authority (BHA) brought a summary process action against Daphne Bryant, a tenant. Bryant’s offense, which triggered the eviction action against her, was that she had run up credit card charges at two retail stores in the name of a BHA employee. A judge of the Boston Housing Court ruled that Bryant’s acts of credit card fraud violated § 8(I)(1) of the lease between the BHA and Bryant and ordered entry , of judgment of possession for the BHA. Bryant obtained a stay of execution of the summary process…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Spence v. GormleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Commonwealth v. LePoreMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1996
- Professional Economics, Inc. v. Professional Economic Services, Inc.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 1981
- Spence v. O'BRIENMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1983
- Alliy v. Travelers InsuranceMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1996
3Cited by4 opinions
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- Kolio v. Hawaii Public Housing Authority.Hawaii Supreme Court · 2015