Chomko v. Patmon

The plaintiff appeals from the judgment rendered by the trial court for the defendants in this summary process action. The plaintiff claims that the trial court erred (1) in failing to find that a landlord and tenant relationship existed, (2) in failing to find a tenancy at sufferance, (3) in failing to draw an adverse inference because a defendant did not testify, and (4) in finding sufficient credible evidence to support the defendants’ claim. We find no error.

The facts giving rise to this claim are as follows. On March 1, 1982, the parties executed a “Contract for Sale”1 providing for the…