Goes v. Feldman, 391 N.E.2d 943 (1979)
- Citation
- Goes v. Feldman, 391 N.E.2d 943 (1979)
- Parent Document
- Goes v. Feldman, 391 N.E.2d 943 (1979)
- Jurisdiction
- Massachusetts (state)
- Effective Date
- 1979-07-11
- Original Source
- https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2126348/goes-v-feldman/ ↗
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- Goes v. Feldman, 391 N.E.2d 943 (1979)
- Goes v. Feldman, 391 N.E.2d 943 (1979)
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- Goes v. Feldman, 391 N.E.2d 943 (1979)
- Goes v. Feldman, 391 N.E.2d 943 (1979)
- Goes v. Feldman, 391 N.E.2d 943 (1979)
- Goes v. Feldman, 391 N.E.2d 943 (1979)
- Goes v. Feldman, 391 N.E.2d 943 (1979)
- Goes v. Feldman, 391 N.E.2d 943 (1979)
- Goes v. Feldman, 391 N.E.2d 943 (1979)
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- Goes v. Feldman, 391 N.E.2d 943 (1979)
- Goes v. Feldman, 391 N.E.2d 943 (1979)
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- Goes v. Feldman, 391 N.E.2d 943 (1979)
- Goes v. Feldman, 391 N.E.2d 943 (1979)
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- Goes v. Feldman, 391 N.E.2d 943 (1979)
- Goes v. Feldman, 391 N.E.2d 943 (1979)
- Goes v. Feldman, 391 N.E.2d 943 (1979)
- Goes v. Feldman, 391 N.E.2d 943 (1979)
- Goes v. Feldman, 391 N.E.2d 943 (1979)
- Goes v. Feldman, 391 N.E.2d 943 (1979)
- Goes v. Feldman, 391 N.E.2d 943 (1979)
- Goes v. Feldman, 391 N.E.2d 943 (1979)
- Goes v. Feldman, 391 N.E.2d 943 (1979)
- Goes v. Feldman, 391 N.E.2d 943 (1979)
- Goes v. Feldman, 391 N.E.2d 943 (1979)
- Goes v. Feldman, 391 N.E.2d 943 (1979)
- Goes v. Feldman, 391 N.E.2d 943 (1979)
- Goes v. Feldman, 391 N.E.2d 943 (1979)
- Goes v. Feldman, 391 N.E.2d 943 (1979)
- Goes v. Feldman, 391 N.E.2d 943 (1979)
- Goes v. Feldman, 391 N.E.2d 943 (1979)
- Goes v. Feldman, 391 N.E.2d 943 (1979)
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- Goes v. Feldman, 391 N.E.2d 943 (1979)
- Goes v. Feldman, 391 N.E.2d 943 (1979)
- Goes v. Feldman, 391 N.E.2d 943 (1979)
- Goes v. Feldman, 391 N.E.2d 943 (1979)
- Goes v. Feldman, 391 N.E.2d 943 (1979)
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- Goes v. Feldman, 391 N.E.2d 943 (1979)
Full Text
947 charsdealt in detail with the rights and duties of parties to a lease of residential property so far as security deposits are concerned. By limiting the freedom of landlords and tenants to contract in this regard, the Legislature manifested a concern for the welfare of tenants in residential property who, as a practical matter, are generally in inferior bargaining positions and find traditional avenues of redress relatively useless; i.e., the legal expense of chasing a security deposit would be more than the amount of the deposit. We have no difficulty concluding, therefore, that a dispute over a security deposit is "concerned ... with the ... welfare of [an] occupant of [a] place used, or intended for use, as a place of human habitation and the possession ... of any particular housing accommodations.” The Housing Court, with its staff of housing inspectors, is ideally suited to dispose of security deposit disputes efficiently and fairly.