Billings v. Wilson

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• 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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Cited by

13 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Squeri v. McCarrick
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1992-03-09· cited 51×
• Young v. Patukonis
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1987-05-01· cited 23×
• Rousseau v. Gelinas
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1987-05-06· cited 10×
• Wodinsky v. Kettenbach
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2015-01-06· cited 10×
• Cardoza v. Cardoza
  Mass. Dist. Ct., App. Div.· 2006-08-30· cited 10×
• Neihaus v. Maxwell
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2002-04-24· cited 8×
• O'NEIL v. Daimlerchrysler Corp.
  D. Massachusetts· 2008-01-07· cited 6×
• Murphy v. Passalacqua
  Mass. Dist. Ct., App. Div.· 1990-12-05· cited 2×
• Fedenyszen v. Pollano
  Mass. Dist. Ct., App. Div.· 1997-06-25· cited 1×
• Patinkin v. Century 21 Westwood Homes
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 1994-12-28
• Paoluccio v. Washington Mutual Bank, F.A.
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2009-06-26
• Flatte v. Carifio
  Mass. Dist. Ct., App. Div.· 1997-06-12
• 133 WEST MAIN STREET REALTY, LLC v. ALLEN KIMBALL & Another
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2025-02-14

Cites

3 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. DeCotis
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-09-12· cited 175×
• Lantner v. Carson
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-03-10· cited 171×
• Begelfer v. Najarian
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-07-18· cited 170×