Spence v. O'BRIEN

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• defense of uninhabitable conditions not available to tenant where landlord's claim for possession was premised on tenant's failure to prevent third party from selling drugs out of her apartment
• G. L. c. 239, § 8A, which authorizes conditions-based counterclaims or defenses in summary process actions, does not apply where landlord's claim for possession is premised on tenant's fault

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