Legal Opinion
ROPT Ltd. Partnership v. Katin
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 18, 2000PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLynch, J.
In this case, which we transferred here on our own motion, we must decide whether the jurisdictional limits outlined in St. 1996, c. 358, apply to summary process actions. *602In a summary process action brought in the District Court the plaintiff obtained a judgment for possession and money damages in the amount of $33,170. The defendant’s motion to dismiss the judgment for damages was allowed without prejudice for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, and the plaintiff appealed. The plaintiff argues: (1) under St. 1996, c. 358, District Courts have jurisdiction over summary process actions…
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