COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS

           ,SS:

     HOUSING COURT DEPARTMENT

                              DIVISION

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

__________________________
Plaintiff

VS.

__________________________
Defendant

SUMMONS AND ORDER OF NOTICE

To the above-named Defendant:

You are hereby summoned and required to serve upon plaintiff’s
attorney, __________________________________________________, whose
is__________________________________________________an
address 
answer to the Complaint which is 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 Complaint.  You
are  also  required  to  file  your  answer  to  the  Complaint  in  the
office of the Clerk of this Court at _______________, 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
plaintiff which arises out of the transaction or occurrence that is
the subject matter of the plaintiff’s claim or you will thereafter
be barred from making such claim in any other action.

WE  ALSO  NOTIFY  YOU  that  application  has  been  made  in  said
action, as appears in the Complaint, for a preliminary injunction
and that a hearing upon such application will be held at the court
house at said Housing Court, in the __________session, Room _____
without jury of our said court on _______________the ________ day
of _________________A.D., 20_____, at _______ o’clock    .M., at
which you may appear and show cause why such application should not
be ignored.

Witness, ___________________Justice, at _______Massachusetts,

the____________day of ________________________, 200___.

_______________________
Clerk-Magistrate

NOTES:
1. This summons is issued pursuant to Rule 4 of the Massachusetts Rules of Civil 
   Procedure.
2. When more than one defendant is involved, the names of all defendants should appear
   in the caption.  If a separate summons is used for each defendant, each should be  
   addressed to the particular defendant. 

NOTIFICACION PARA LAS PERSONAS DE HABLA HISPANA: SI USTED NO FUEDE LEER INGLES,
TENGA ESTE DOCUMENTO LEGAL TRADUCICO CUANTO ANTES.

PROOF OF SERVICE OF PROCESS

I hereby certify and return that on _________________, 20____, I
served a copy of the within summons and order of notice, together with
a copy of the Complaint in this action, upon the within named defendant,
in the following manner (See Mass.R. Civ. P. 4(d)(1-5):

________________________________

________________________________

________________________________

Dated:             , 20___.

N.B. TO PROCESS SERVER

PLEASE PLACE DATE YOU MAKE SERVICE ON DEFENDANT IN THIS BOX ON THE

     ORIGINAL AND ON COPY SERVED ON DEFENDANT.

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