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McKenna v. Begin, 325 N.E.2d 587 (1975)

Citation
McKenna v. Begin, 325 N.E.2d 587 (1975)
Parent Document
McKenna v. Begin, 325 N.E.2d 587 (1975)
Jurisdiction
Massachusetts (state)
Effective Date
1975-04-04

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to governmental channels of redress. In computing the amount of damages, the judge reasoned that since many of the defects were patent, the weekly rent paid by the tenant represented the value of the apartment in its defective condition. He subtracted this figure from the weekly rent paid by tenants in other apartments in the building, an amount which he took to represent the fair rental value of the tenant’s apartment, if in habitable condition. The difference between the two amounts was the damage deemed by the judge to be recoverable for each week from the receipt of the housing inspection report to the entry of the final decree. In Boston Housing Authy. v. Hemingway,