Legal Opinion
Caruso v. Shelit
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 21, 1933PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtField, J.
This action of contract was brought in the Municipal Court to recover $75 rent of a store for the period from December 15, 1931, to January 15, 1932. There was a finding for the defendant and a report to the Appellate Division which was dismissed. The plaintiff appealed.
The defendant on December 15, 1931, was the tenant of a store, owned by the plaintiff, under an oral agreement to pay a monthly rent of $75 in advance on the fifteenth of each month. Peter Caruso, husband of the plaintiff, managed the property for her.
The evidence showed that on December 16, 1931, the store was substantially…
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