Massachusetts General Laws
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 139, § 14 (2026)
Buildings resorted to for illegal gaming or used for illegal keeping or sale of alcoholic beverages; nuisance
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Section 14. Every building, place or tenement which is resorted to for illegal gaming, or which is used for the illegal keeping or sale of alcoholic beverages, as defined in section one of chapter one hundred and thirty-eight, shall be deemed a common nuisance.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1922–2008 · leading case: Commonwealth v. Reid, 898 N.E.2d 520 (Mass. App. Ct. 2008).
Commonwealth v. Reid, 898 N.E.2d 520 (Mass. App. Ct. 2008). “1 This appeal is from his convictions of maintaining a nuisance, G. L. c. 139, §§ 14 and 15, and aiding or permitting a nuisance, G.”
Sullivan v. Vorenberg, 135 N.E. 165 (Mass. 1922). “G. L. c. 139, § 14. And the keeper of such a nuisance may be punished by fine and imprisonment.”
Garvey v. McNulty, 170 N.E. 58 (Mass. 1930). “The defendant asked for this ruling, which was refused: “The mere knowledge on the part of the plaintiffs that the leased or rented property was being used for an unlawful purpose will prevent recovery.”
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