Massachusetts Statutes

§ 28 — Possession of land; requisites

Massachusetts·Part III COURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES·Title V STATUTES OF FRAUDS AND LIMITATIONS·Ch. 260 LIMITATION OF ACTIONS
Section 28. No person shall be held to have been in possession of land within the meaning of this chapter merely by reason of having made an entry thereon, unless he has continued in open and peaceable possession thereof for one year next after such entry or unless an action has been commenced upon such entry and seisin within one year after he was ousted or dispossessed.

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