Case Name: Boston Housing Authority vs. Julie Kennedy
Court: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Decision Date: 1979-11-26
Citations: 379 Mass. 914
Docket Number: 
Parties: Boston Housing Authority vs. Julie Kennedy.
Judges: 
Reporter: Massachusetts Reports
Volume: 379
Pages: 914–914

Head Matter:
Boston Housing Authority vs. Julie Kennedy.
November 26, 1979.
George F. Mahoney, Assistant Counsel, for the plaintiff.
Carol Wagner for the defendant.

Opinion:
There was no abuse of discretion in the judge's refusal to remove the non-suit against the plaintiff on its claim of summary process, nor in the judge's refusal to vacate the plaintiff's default on the defendant's counterclaims. However, with respect to the assessment of damages on the counterclaim for breach of the implied covenant of habitability, we think it was not appropriate for the judge to accept as admitted, without further hearing, the statement of value set out in the pleading. Accordingly, the matter will be remanded to the Housing Court for the City of Boston for an evidentiary hearing to assess damages on that counterclaim.
So ordered.