Billings v. Wilson

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• reviewing court “should examine whether the transaction is motivated by business or personal reasons”
• \the character of the parties involved\ is one factor in ascertaining whether conduct occurred in business context
• where landlord’s motivation was primarily personal, dealings with tenant not subject to c. 93A
• \landlord owns the house and occupies the second-floor apartment. It is clear from the briefs of both parties that this one apartment is the only rental property with which the landlord is concerned\
• rental of dwelling unit in owner-occupied two-family house by a landlord who owned no other rental property was not “trade or commerce” within the meaning of G.Lc. 93A, §2; relationship between the landlord and tenant was of a private nature, and in no way concerned a trade or business

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