COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS

           ,SS:

     HOUSING COURT DEPARTMENT

                              DIVISION

CIVIL ACTION
NO. / / /- / / / / / /

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Plaintiff

VS.

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Defendant

THIRD PARTY SUMMONS

To the above named Third Party Defendant:

You are hereby summoned and required to serve upon plaintiff’s
attorney, __________________________________________________, whose
address  is__________________________________________________and
upon,______________________whose address is____________________and
who is attorney for the defendant and third party plaintiff, your
answer  to  the  Third  Party  Complaint  herewith  served  upon  you,
within 20 days after service of this summons upon you, exclusive of
the day of service.  If you fail to do so, judgment by default will
be  taken  against  you  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  Third  party
Complaint.

You are also required to file your answer to the Complaint in
the office of the Clerk of this Court, either before such service
upon plaintiff’s attorney or within a reasonable time thereafter.

Unless  otherwise  provided  by  Rule  13(a),  your  answer  must
state as a counterclaim any claim which you may have against the
third  party  plaintiff  which  arises  out  of  the  transaction  or
occurrence  that  is  the  subject  matter  of  the  third  party
plaintiff’s claim or you will thereafter be barred from making such
claim in any other action.

There is also served upon you herewith a copy of the original
plaintiff’s Complaint which you may but are not required to answer.

Witness, ___________________Justice, at _______Massachusetts,

this ____________day of ________________________, 200___.

MRCP FORM 22a

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Clerk-Magistrate