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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 20 (2026)

Actions against executors and administrators, and against bail

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Section 20. District courts shall also have jurisdiction of civil actions against executors and administrators under section ten of chapter two hundred and thirty, and shall further have jurisdiction of civil actions against bail taken in a civil action in the district courts.

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Cited in 2 cases, 1983–1989 · leading case: Donovan v. Ford, 1989 Mass. App. Div. 219 (Mass. Dist. Ct., App. Div. 1989).
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Donovan v. Ford, 1989 Mass. App. Div. 219 (Mass. Dist. Ct., App. Div. 1989). “…arises from a motor vehicle accident and therefore would not be subject to the jurisdictional amount limitation. G.L. c. 218, §20.”
Restaino v. Vannah, 1983 Mass. App. Div. 48 (Mass. Dist. Ct., App. Div. 1983). “It is clear that specifically under G.L. c. 218, §20, the district courts have jurisdiction of civil actions against executors and administrators, but only upon a return unsatisfied of an execution upon a judgment rendered in a civil action against the executor or administrator…”
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