Pierce v. DeQuattro

This case, described in the bill of exceptions as "an action of ejectment to recover possession of premises” at 6 Eustis Street, Cambridge, is an action of sum*534mary process for possession of such premises, under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 239. The action was begun in a district court by a writ in the form of an original summons, dated October 18, 1935, and returnable October 26, 1935. In that court the defendant was defaulted. He appealed to the Superior Court (see G. L. [Ter. Ed.] c. 231, §§ 97, 98, 99, 101, 102, 103), where the case was tried to a jury. The plaintiff’s motion for a directed verdict…