COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
,SS: HOUSING COURT DEPARTMENT
DIVISION
CIVIL ACTION
NO. / / /- / / / / / /
__________________________
Plaintiff
VS.
__________________________
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___.
_______________________
Clerk-Magistrate
MRCP FORM 22a
