Massachusetts Statutes

§ 53 — Non-joinder of parties; abatement

Massachusetts § 53
JurisdictionMassachusetts
Part IADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
Title XXIICORPORATIONS
Ch. 158CERTAIN MISCELLANEOUS CORPORATIONS

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Bluebook
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 158, § 53 (2026).

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Section 53. No such suit in equity shall be abated by reason of the non-joinder of persons liable as defendants unless the plaintiff, after being notified by plea or answer of the existence of such persons, unreasonably neglects to make them parties.

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