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The 194th General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
  1. General Laws
  2. Part III COURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES
  3. Title III REMEDIES RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY
  4. Chapter 237 WRITS OF ENTRY
  5. Section 17 Possession under supposedly good title; effect

Section 17

Section 17: Possession under supposedly good title; effect

Section 17. The defendant shall also be entitled to like compensation although the land has not been so held for six years, if he holds it under a title which he had reason to believe good.