Legal Opinion
PGR Management Co. v. Credle
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 11, 1998PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAbrams, J.
Helen Credle (tenant) appeals from the order of dismissal of her appeal pursuant to G. L. c. 239, § 5, for failure to make the required use and occupancy payments. We affirm. The tenant separately appeals from an order entered by a judge in the Housing Court releasing all funds held in escrow to the plaintiff (landlord). The tenant claims that her attorney has a lien, pursuant to G. L. c. 221, § 50, against those funds, and that the lien was impermissibly dissolved when the attorney’s fees awarded the tenant were set off against rent that she owed *637the landlord. See G. L. c. 186, § 14. We…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Boston Housing Authority v. HemingwayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Yorke Management v. CastroMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
- Matter of HeinsheimerNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
- Boswell v. Zephyr Lines, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993
- Wolfberg v. HunterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
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3Cited by21 opinions
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