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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 IV CERTAIN WRITS AND PROCEEDINGS IN SPECIAL CASES
  4. Chapter 246 TRUSTEE PROCESS
  5. Section 79 Action against defaulting trustee; costs, nonliability, recovery

Section 79

Section 79: Action against defaulting trustee; costs, nonliability, recovery

Section 79. He shall not be liable for costs under section seventy-seven if he was prevented from appearing in the original action by his absence from the commonwealth or by any other sufficient cause, but the court may allow him his costs as if he had appeared in the original action.