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
address is__________________________________________________an
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
