Legal Opinion
Trenz v. Family Dollar Stores of Massachusetts, Inc.
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided January 29, 2009No. 07-P-1771PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreen, J.
When separately commenced cases are consolidated by court order, is a judgment entered in fewer than all of the consolidated cases appealable without a certification under Mass.R.Civ.P. 54(b), 365 Mass. 820 (1974)? For the reasons explained below, we answer the question in the negative and dismiss the plaintiff’s appeal.
Background. The plaintiff is the defendant’s landlord under a long-term commercial lease. Claiming that the tenant was in default, the landlord commenced a summary process action in the District Court (herein, the summary process action). The tenant filed a separate action in…
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