Chayet v. Rent Control Board of Brookline

This is an action brought by the plaintiff-landlord, Donald Chayet (hereinafter referred to as “the landlord”), pursuant to G. L. c. 30A for judicial review of a decision of the defendant, Brookline Rent Control Board (hereinafter referred to as “the Board”), denying the landlord a Certificate of Eviction as to the defendant-tenant, Leo Waldman (hereinafter referred to as “the tenant”). The Board’s decision was reviewed and affirmed by ajudge of the Brookline Division by judgment entered on May 27, 1987.

Briefly stated, the appellate record discloses that on April 15, 1986, the landlord…