Legal Opinion
Haas v. Breton
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 23, 1979PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQuirico, J.
This is a civil action brought in the Housing Court of the County of Hampden to recover damages from the defendant Leo R. Breton for his negligence in damaging the plaintiffs’ septic tank system and in repairing it improperly. As against Breton, the judge awarded monetary damages and attorney’s fees. We conclude that the Housing Court lacked subject matter jurisdiction and we reverse.
The complaint alleged the following facts with regard to Breton. The plaintiffs, husband and wife, purchased a lot, together with a dwelling situated thereon, from Breton and his wife in March of 1972. At the…
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