Mulvanity v. Pelletier

Pelletier appeals from a judgment dismiss*107ing her counterclaims against her grandson, Robert L. Mulvanity, Jr., and his wife. The case began as a summary process action in the Salem District Court, in which the plaintiffs sought to evict Pelletier from their two-family house. In her answer, Pelletier asserted a right to live in the house for the remainder of her life. This alleged right also forms the basis for her two counterclaims:2 one for damages for breach of an oral lease (in the event that possession were awarded to the plaintiffs) and one for intentional infliction of emotional…