Burton-Goldman v. Brookline Rent Control Board

This appeal raises the issue of whether the court erred in reversing the judgment of the Board that granted the landlord a certificate of eviction. The Board ruled that landlord was entitled to such a certificate because of the tenant’s consistent late payments. The court ruled that the continued acceptance by the landlord, without reservation, of the tenant’s late rent payments constituted a waiver of his right to insist upon forfeiture. We need not consider most of tenant’s other claims of error for the reason that we hold that the Board committed no error in ruling that the landlord was…