Massachusetts Statutes

§ 4 — Superior court cases

Massachusetts § 4
JurisdictionMassachusetts
Part IIICOURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES
Title VICOSTS AND FEES
Ch. 261COSTS IN CIVIL ACTIONS

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 261, § 4 (2026).

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Section 4. If, in a personal action, except an action of replevin or an action under section fifteen of chapter two hundred and fifty-three, which is commenced in the superior court, the plaintiff does not recover final judgment for more than one hundred dollars as damages, he shall recover no costs, unless the right to an easement or the title to land is drawn in question and the justice before whom the action is tried so certifies.

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