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Cummings v. Wajda

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided February 2, 1950PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtQua, C.J.

This action of summary process was brought in a District Court under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 239, § 1, as amended by St. 1941, c. 242, § 1, to recover possession of a house and garage in Amesbury. From a judgment for the plaintiff the defendant “duly” appealed to the Superior Court, which reported the case without decision upon a case stated.

In 1940 the defendant and her husband, Frank Wajda, acquired the title by deed “as joint tenants.” This made them tenants by the entirety. Hoag v. Hoag, 213 Mass. 50. Pineo v. White, 320 Mass. 487, 490. Trouble having subsequently arisen between husband and…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Pineo v. WhiteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
  2. Pray v. StebbinsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1886
  3. Hoag v. HoagMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
  4. Snider v. DebanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924
  5. Ratner v. HoganMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925

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3Cited by23 opinions

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  3. Rental Property Management Services v. HatcherMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2018
  4. Realty Developing Co. v. Wakefield Ready-Mixed Concrete Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1951
  5. Nalbandian v. PatrizziMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976

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