Legal Opinion
Sherman v. Rent Control Board of Brookline
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 12, 1975PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKaplan, J.
The Rent Control Board of Brookline (Board) appeals from a decree of the Superior Court which, upon a finding that the Board was “arbitrary and capricious” in denying a landlord a certain rent increase, awarded him damages of $3,500 against the town of Brookline.
John E. Sherman, appellee on this appeal, is the owner of buildings at 15-17 Aspinwall Avenue and 8-10 Homer Street in Brookline, comprising sixteen apartments in all, which are subject to rent control under St. 1970, c. 842, as accepted by the town on September 29, 1970. In September, 1971, Sherman applied to the Board for a rent…
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