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The 193rd General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
  1. General Laws
  2. Part I ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
  3. Title I JURISDICTION AND EMBLEMS OF THE COMMONWEALTH, THE GENERAL COURT, STATUTES AND PUBLIC DOCUMENTS
  4. Chapter 1 JURISDICTION OF THE COMMONWEALTH AND OF THE UNITED STATES
  5. Section 9 Damages caused by entry on lands by employees of commonwealth or United States; payment

Section 9

Section 9: Damages caused by entry on lands by employees of commonwealth or United States; payment

Section 9. In case of entry by persons employed by the commonwealth, it shall pay all damages thereby caused. In case of entry, not constituting a taking, by persons employed by the United States, such persons shall pay all such damages. If the parties interested cannot agree upon the amount to be paid for damages under the preceding section, such damages shall be determined and recovered under chapter seventy-nine.