Boston Housing Authority v. Cassio

Wilkins, CJ.

On August 29, 1996, the plaintiff, Boston Housing Authority (BHA), and the defendant, a tenant of the BHA, entered into an agreement for judgment (sometimes the agreement) in favor of the BHA in the BHA’s eviction action. The agreement provided that execution would not issue, however, unless a violation of any condition of the agreement thereafter occurred and, on motion of the BHA, a judge ordered that execution issue. Two weeks later, the BHA moved for the issuance of execution, contending that a condition of the agreement had been violated. See G. L. c. 239, § 10. A judge of…