Stavert v. Alden

Aggrieved by the judgment in the Southern Berkshire District Court, the defendants commenced an appeal pursuant to Rule 8B of the Dist./Mun. Cts. R. A D. A.

The facts and issues necessary to an understanding of the appeal, as taken from the agreed statement of the case, are as follows. On or about June 17,1995, Karen E.A. Stavert, plaintiff (landlord), and David Alden, Suzanne Alden, Eugene Grahn and Angela Moro Grahn, defendants (tenants), signed a one year lease. The monthly rent of $1,100.00 was paid on or about the 15th of June, July, August, September and October, 1995. After the Grahns…