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Code · Massachusetts · Part III — COURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES · Title III — REMEDIES RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY · Chapter 242

Section 2: Actions of tort in nature of waste; persons entitled to maintain

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Section 2. A person having the next immediate estate of inheritance, or a remainder or reversion in fee simple or fee tail after an intervening life estate, or having a remainder or reversion for life or for years, may have an action of tort in the nature of waste to recover the amount of the damage against the tenants named in the preceding section.
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