Dolben Co. v. Friedmann

The defendant, Tamar Friedmann (“Friedmann”), appeals from the judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff, The Dolben Co., Inc. (“Dolben”), for possession of apartment 8-20C at 100 Memorial Drive in Cambridge, Massachusetts as well as unpaid rent and attorney’s fees totaling $42,131.80.

Proceedings in this summary process action spanned nearly a full year in the Cambridge District Court, consuming some twenty court dates from complaint filing on May 9,2005 to the defendant’s notice of appeal on May 8,2006. They included four days of a jury-waived trial spread over a five-month period. During…