Dennett v. Nesson

This is a bill in equity to restrain the defendant from evicting the plaintiff from a suite of rooms in Boston. The following facts are established by the findings of the master: In the fall of 1920 the plaintiff Dennett was a tenant at will of the premises. Following his refusal to pay an increased rent, and a dispute in regard to the payment of a month’s rent, the owner Nesson brought an action of ejectment in the Municipal Court. Judgment of possession was entered on December 11, 1920, in favor of Nesson, but a stay of execution was ordered (presumably under St. 1920, c. 577) until April…