BRANDA PEEBLES & Another v. JRK PROPERTY HOLDINGS, INC., & others. (2025)

Citation: BRANDA PEEBLES & Another v. JRK PROPERTY HOLDINGS, INC., & others. (2025)
Parent Document: BRANDA PEEBLES & Another v. JRK PROPERTY HOLDINGS, INC., & others. (2025)
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts (state)
Effective Date: 2025-08-01
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/10646213/branda-peebles-another-v-jrk-p... ↗

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The statute does not define "reasonable wear and tear."  See G. L. c. 186, § 15B (4) (iii).  "Where, as here, the statutory language is not defined, we ordinarily give the words their usual and accepted meanings, which we derive 'from sources presumably known to the statute's enactors, such as their use in other legal contexts and dictionary definitions.'"  Wallace W. v. Commonwealth, 482 Mass. 789, 796 (2019), quoting Scione v. Commonwealth, 481 Mass. 225, 235 (2019).  "We consider the statute in light of the common law" and "do not construe a statute 'as effecting a material change in or a repeal of the common law unless the intent to do so is clearly expressed.'"  Suffolk Constr. Co. v. Division of Capital Asset Mgt., 449 Mass. 444, 454 (2007), quoting Riley v. Davison Constr. Co., 381 Mass. 432, 438 (1980).

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