Legal Opinion
Chapman v. Katz
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 16, 2007PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, C.J.
The central question in this commercial lease dispute between the plaintiff-owners and the defendant-tenant, David L. Katz,3 and his sublessee, the defendant Banknorth, N.A. (bank), 4 is whether the bank’s erection of an automated teller machine (ATM) kiosk on the property required the prior consent of the owners. The defendants contend that the consent of the owners was not required under the terms of the lease, and that if consent was required, it was unreasonably withheld in contravention of the lease terms.
The dispute concerns a long-term lease, sixty years in total if all options to…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Smith v. Ariens Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- McNamara v. HoneymanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
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