Legal Opinion
Reed v. United States Postal Service
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided April 24, 1987No. Civ. A. 86-1584-MAPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
MAZZONE, District Judge.
This is an action brought by the trustees of the Koufman Nominee Trust, which owns certain property leased to the United States Postal Service for use as a post office. The trustees seek to evict the Postal Service from its facility in Athol, Massachusetts, and to recover rent withheld by the Postal Service. The Postal Service claims that it is entitled to withhold the rent to offset the costs it incurred in painting the premises and repairing the roof of the building.
The action was originally brought in the Massachusetts Superior Court and was…
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