Legal Opinion
WHTR Real Estate Ltd. Partnership v. Venture Distributing, Inc.
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided April 12, 2005No. 03-P-950PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMills, J.
After a jury-waived trial, a Superior Court judge made findings and ruled that the defendant tenant, Venture Distributing, Inc. (the tenant), had breached its commercial lease with the plaintiff landlord, WHTR Real Estate Limited Partnership (the landlord), by failing to pay rent. The judge ordered judgment in favor of the landlord in the amount of $281,669.03, and awarded attorney’s fees in the amount of $140,000 and costs of $7,500 to the landlord. The tenant’s two counterclaims, alleging that the landlord had breached the lease by unreasonably withholding consent to a sublease with a…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Linthicum v. ArchambaultMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Fontaine v. Ebtec Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993
- Cummings v. National Shawmut Bank of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
- Owen v. WilliamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1948
- Berman v. LinnaneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
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