Massachusetts § 17 Possession under supposedly good title; effect

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 17 — Possession under supposedly good title; effect

Massachusetts § 17

Part IIICOURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES

Title IIIREMEDIES RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY

Ch. 237WRITS OF ENTRY

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 237, § 17 (2026).

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Section 17. The defendant shall also be entitled to like compensation although the land has not been so held for six years, if he holds it under a title which he had reason to believe good.

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