§ 6 — Actions by and against corporations

Massachusetts § 6

• Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
• Part I: ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
• Title XXII: CORPORATIONS
• Ch. 179: PROPRIETORS OF WHARVES, REAL ESTATE LYING IN COMMON, AND GENERAL FIELDS

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Section 6. Such proprietors may sue and be sued as a body corporate; and an action brought by the corporation for trespass on the common property may be pleaded in abatement or answered in bar of an action for the same trespass brought by any of the proprietors in his individual capacity.