Massachusetts § 31 Valuation without considering improvements

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 31 — Valuation without considering improvements

Massachusetts § 31

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, § 31 (2026).

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Section 31. If the defendant counterclaims for improvements as before provided the plaintiff may, by motion, require the value of his estate in the land demanded, without the improvements, to be determined as provided for the assessment of rents, profits and improvements. Such value shall be the value which, at the time of assessment, the land would have had if the improvements had not been made by the defendant or a person under whom he claims.

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Section 31. If the defendant counterclaims for improvements as before provided the plaintiff may, by motion, require the value of his estate in the land demanded, without the improvements, to be determined as provided for the assessment of rents, profits and improvements. Such value shall be the value which, at the time of assessment, the land would have had if the improvements had not been made by the defendant or a person under whom he claims.

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