Freedman v. Rent Control Adm'r of Cambridge
| Decision Date | 02 July 1973 |
| Citation | 298 N.E.2d 868,1 Mass.App.Ct. 836 |
| Parties | Marion H. FREEDMAN v. RENT CONTROL ADMINISTRATOR OF COMBRIDGE et al. |
| Court | Appeals Court of Massachusetts |
Irving Karg, Boston, for Improved Realty Corp.
Philip S. Shaw, for Marion H. Freedman.
Paul A. Kramer, for Rent Control Administrator of Cambridge.
Before ROSE, KEVILLE and ARMSTRONG, JJ.
RESCRIPT.
This case was commenced in the Third District Court of Eastern Middlesex by the plaintiff-tenant's petition to set aside actions of the rent control administrator under St.1970, c. 842 (Rent Control Statute), § 10. Plaintiff's landlord, Improved Realty Corporation, was joined as a codefendant. Following an adverse decision of the District Court, the plaintiff filed a claim of appeal, which incorporated a claim of a trial de novo by a jury, to the Superior Court. The landlord filed a motion to dismiss the appeal or to remand it to the District Court, asserting that the appeal was improperly before the Superior Court. A judge of the Superior Court entered an order denying the motion and then reported his decision to the Supreme Judicial Court, G.L. c. 231, § 111, which in turn transferred the matter to us, G.L. c. 211A, § 12. Section 10(a) of the Rent Control Statute reads in part: 'All orders, judgments and decrees of such district court may be appealed as is provided in the case of a civil action in such district court.' Section 10(b) of that statute provides that '(t)he district court within the territorial jurisdiction of which is located the controlled rental unit affected shall have exclusive original jurisdiction over actions brought under' the Rent Control Statute. Consequently, the plaintiff was required to commence her action in the Third District Court of Eastern Middlesex and the landlord could not have removed it to the Superior Court pursuant to G.L. c. 231, § 104. Where an action cannot be brought in the Superior Court and the parties have no election as to the forum, an appeal therefrom is to the Superior Court, not to the Appellate Division of the District Courts. G.L. c. 231, § 97. Lynn Gas & Elec. Co. v. Creditor Natl. Clearing House, 235 Mass. 114, 115--116, 126 N.E. 364; Donnelly v. Montague, 305 Mass. 14, 16--17, 24 N.E.2d 864; MANCINI V. COLUMBUS AUTO BODY, INC., MASS., 270 N.E.2D 399.A It follows that the order of the Superior Court denying the landlord's motion was correct.
Order affirmed.
a. Mass.Adv.Sh. (1971) 947.
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