Mellor v. Berman

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Mellor v. Berman

13 Mass. App. Ct. 983

CourtMassachusetts Appeals Court

DecidedMarch 11, 1982

StatusPublished

Cited by2 cases

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Mellor v. Berman, 13 Mass. App. Ct. 983 (Mass. Ct. App. 1982).

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Because the landlord had in her possession on September 1,1978, security [984]*984deposits of the plaintiffs, the provisions of G. L. c. 186, § 15B, as appearing in St. 1978, c. 553, § § 2-3, applied in regard to the enhanced penalties for wrongful detention of security deposits. Friedman v. Costello, 10 Mass. App. Ct. 931 (1980). The defendant’s claim that the statute was unconstitutional because of its retroactive effect is without merit where the defendant’s obligation to return the security deposits in a proper manner materialized on June 20,1979, some ten months after the statute went into effect.

Michael G. West for the defendant. Mark T. Flahive for the plaintiffs.

Judgment affirmed.

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Because the landlord had in her possession on September 1,1978, security [984]*984deposits of the plaintiffs, the provisions of G. L. c. 186, § 15B, as appearing in St. 1978, c. 553, § § 2-3, applied in regard to the enhanced penalties for wrongful detention of security deposits. Friedman v. Costello, 10 Mass. App. Ct. 931 (1980). The defendant’s claim that the statute was unconstitutional because of its retroactive effect is without merit where the defendant’s obligation to return the security deposits in a proper manner materialized on June 20,1979, some ten months after the statute went into effect.

Michael G. West for the defendant. Mark T. Flahive for the plaintiffs.

Judgment affirmed.

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