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BECH v. CUEVAS

404 Mass. 249 (1989)

534 N.E.2d 1163

CHARLES N. BECH & another vs. LUZ CUEVAS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

March 9, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher Nolan for the plaintiffs.

J. Paterson Rae (Bernard Cohen with him) for the defendant.

Charles Harak & Richard M.W. Bauer, for Massachusetts Tenant Organization and another, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., LIACOS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, & O'CONNOR, JJ.

O'CONNOR, J.

The plaintiffs (owners) own a building in Springfield in which the defendant (tenant) resides as a tenant at will. On October 22, 1987, the owners caused the tenant to be served a letter which purported to terminate her tenancy. The letter ordered the tenant "to quit and deliver up" her apartment by October 24, 1987, and warned that, if she failed to vacate by the deadline, the owners would begin eviction proceedings. The letter stated that the tenancy...

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