HINES, J.
In this appeal we decide whether a tenant may assert a violation of the security deposit statute, G. L. c. 186, § 15B, as a defense to a landlord's claim for possession in a summary process action brought under G. L. c. 239, § 1. The issue arises from a Housing Court judge's disposition of a summary process action brought by...
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