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Code · Massachusetts · Part III — COURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES · Title III — REMEDIES RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY · Chapter 237

Section 13: Measure of damages

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Section 13. Rents and profits for which the defendant is liable shall be the clear annual value of the land while he was in possession thereof, after deducting all lawful taxes and assessments on the land paid by him and all necessary and ordinary expenses of cultivating the land or collecting rents, profits or income thereof.
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