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The 193rd 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 239 SUMMARY PROCESS FOR POSSESSION OF LAND
  5. Section 7 Judgments; effect

Section 7

Section 7: Judgments; effect

Section 7. The judgment in an action under this chapter shall not be a bar to any action thereafter brought by either party to recover the land or tenements in question, or to recover damages for any trespass thereon; but the amount recovered for rent under section five shall be deducted in any assessment of damages in such subsequent action by the original plaintiff.