Jablonski v. Clemons

This is a Summary Process action tried in a jury waived session agreeable to St 1996, c. 358, §2, as amended by St 2000, c. 142, §2. The judge found for the plaintiff on the complaint for possession and for rent in the amount of $5,000; the court found for the defendants as plaintiffs in counterclaim, awarding damages in the sum of $2,940. Agreeable to G.L.c. 239, §8A, the judge set off the award against the rent found to be due, with a net award to the plaintiff in the sum of $2,940. No appeal is made to the amount awarded. The judge ordered that if the defendants (tenants) pay within seven…