Swain v. Sogliero

This is an action of summary process for the recovery of possession of land. The defendant entered into an oral agreement with the owners of the equity of redemption to purchase the property upon certain conditions; and by their consent, acting also under an oral agreement, he entered into possession of the premises and continued to occupy them. Thereafter a mortgagee foreclosed a mortgage upon the premises, which were sold at foreclosure sale to the plaintiff. Immediately upon acquiring title to the premises, the plaintiff demanded of the defendant that he either pay rent or quit the…