Haddad v. Pulaski

The plaintiff brought this contract action in a District Court. Although the amount claimed was less than $25,000, the action might have been brought in the Superior Court subject to transfer to the District Court under G. L. c. 231, § 102C. See G. L. c. 218, § 19; U.S. Funding, Inc. of America v. Bank of Boston Corp., 28 Mass. App. Ct. 404, 407 (1990); Perlin & Connors, Handbook of Civil Procedure in the Massachusetts District Court § 1.2 (2d ed. 1990). Hence the plaintiff, by the terms of G. L. c. 231, § 103, as amended through St. 1987, c. 251, § 1, waived his right to trial by jury in the…