Case Title: Lumber Yard Northampton Limited Partnership v. Hudson

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Docket Number: SJC-13174

State: massachusetts

Court: Massachusetts Supreme Court

Date: 2022-11-03T00:00:00Z

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SJC-13174 
 
LUMBER YARD NORTHAMPTON LIMITED PARTNERSHIP  vs.  KELLI L. 
HUDSON. 
 
 
November 3, 2022. 
 
 
Summary Process, Appeal.  Landlord and Tenant, Eviction.  
Practice, Civil, Summary process, Moot case, Failure to 
prosecute.  Moot Question. 
 
 
 
Kelli L. Hudson (tenant) has appealed from a judgment of 
the county court denying her petition for relief under G. L. 
c. 211, § 3.  In that petition, she sought a stay of her 
eviction from premises leased to her by Lumber Yard Northampton 
Limited Partnership (landlord).  The landlord moves to dismiss 
the appeal on two grounds:  mootness and lack of prosecution.  
As to the first ground, the landlord represents that the 
eviction has taken place.  Because it appears that the tenant no 
longer occupies the subject premises, we agree that her request 
for a stay of the eviction is moot.  The tenant has not 
responded with any reason why the appeal should proceed despite 
its mootness.  As to the second ground, the tenant's appeal has 
been pending in this court for longer than one year.  Despite 
the issuance of a notice preceding dismissal pursuant to our 
standing order and despite the grant thereafter of an 
enlargement of time until June of this year to file a brief, the 
tenant has not done so.  We agree that the tenant has failed to 
prosecute her appeal.  Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal on the 
grounds of both mootness and lack of prosecution. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Appeal dismissed. 
 
 
 
Amanda Stutman for the respondent. 
 
Kelli L. Hudson, pro se.