Westland Housing Corp. v. Scott

These are two actions of contract brought to recover rent alleged to be due the plaintiff, hereinafter referred to as the landlord, from the defendant, hereinafter described as the tenant, under the terms of a written lease of an apartment in premises owned by the former. The actions were first tried in the District Court together with an action of tort brought by the tenant to recover damages alleged to have been caused by his eviction from the apartment by the landlord. The judge found for the landlord in all of the cases, ruling, contrary to the requests of the tenant, that the tenant’s…