Massachusetts § 6 Triple damages for waste during pendency of action for recovery of land

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 6 — Triple damages for waste during pendency of action for recovery of land

Massachusetts § 6

Part IIICOURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES

Title IIIREMEDIES RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY

Ch. 242WASTE AND TRESPASS

This text of Massachusetts § 6 (Triple damages for waste during pendency of action for recovery of land) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Massachusetts primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 242, § 6 (2026).

Text

Section 6. If, during the pendency of an action for the recovery of land, the tenant or person in possession, with knowledge thereof, commits waste, the demandant, if he recovers judgment, may afterward recover in tort three times the amount of the damages assessed therefor.

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