Massachusetts General Laws
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 237, § 17 (2026)
Possession under supposedly good title; effect
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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.
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case, 2003–2003 · leading case: Bell v. Nigro, 15 Mass. L. Rptr. 698 (Mass. Super. Ct. 2003).
Bell v. Nigro, 15 Mass. L. Rptr. 698 (Mass. Super. Ct. 2003). “93A, and an action, in the alternative, under the provisions of G.L.c. 237, §17, for the value of improvements made by him under his leasehold, should his claim for specific performance fail.”
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