Legal Opinion
Meikle v. Nurse
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 27, 2016No. SJC 11859PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHines, J.
In this appeal we decide whether a tenant may assert a violation of the security deposit statute, G. L. c. 186, § 15B, as a defense to a landlord’s claim for possession in a summary process action brought under G. L. c. 239, § 1. The issue arises from a Housing Court judge’s disposition of a summary process action brought by Garth Meikle, the landlord, against Patricia Nurse, the tenant. After a trial, the judge ruled that the tenant properly could assert a violation of the security deposit statute as a counterclaim for damages, but that a counterclaim on this basis is not a defense to the…
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