Brockton Housing Authority v. Williams

1. The plaintiff claims that the defendant had no standing to appeal to the Superior Court because the requirements of G. L. c. 239, § 5, were not followed. The defendant on December 12, 1980, filed a timely notice of appeal and motion to set bond as required by that statute. The bond was not filed until February 18, 1981,1 and the appeal was not entered in the Superior Court until February 19, 1981, despite the fourth sentence of G. L. c. 239, § 5, as appearing in St. 1977, c. 655, § 1, which provides that “such bond shall be conditioned to enter the action in the superior court... at the…