Legal Opinion
Jacobs v. Rent Control Board
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided August 30, 1989No. 88-P-703PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Section 9 of the rent and eviction control by-law, art. XXXVIII of the by-laws of the town of Brookline, requires a landlord seeking to evict a tenant first to apply for a certificate of eviction which will be issued only for one of the several grounds for eviction stated in the by-law.2 The plaintiff *1187(landlord) applied for a certificate to evict the defendants Grishaver and Crisman (tenants) and appealed to the Brookline Division of the District Court Department from a decision denying the certificate. The court reversed the board in a decision that was sustained by the Appellate Division.…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Moulton v. Brookline Rent Control BoardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Williams v. SederMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- Kahn v. Brookline Rent Control BoardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
- Lowery v. RobinsonMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1982
- H. N. Gorin & Leeder Management Co. v. Rent Control BoardMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1984
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Zuker v. Clerk-Magistrate of the Brookline Division of the District Court DepartmentMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1996
- Burton-Goldman v. Brookline Rent Control BoardMassachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1994