Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 246, § 19 (2026)

False answers; penalty

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Section 19. If a person summoned as trustee, his executor or administrator, or if an officer, agent or other person who appears and answers for a corporation so summoned, knowingly and wilfully swears falsely in his answer or upon his examination, he shall be liable to the plaintiff in the trustee process, or to his executor or administrator, for the full amount due on the judgment recovered therein, with interest, to be paid out of his own goods and estate.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1986–2003 · leading case: Microwave Antenna Sys. & Tech., Inc. v. Whitney-Pehl Constr. Co., 498 N.E.2d 1059 (Mass. App. Ct. 1986).

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Microwave Antenna Sys. & Tech., Inc. v. Whitney-Pehl Constr. Co., 498 N.E.2d 1059 (Mass. App. Ct. 1986). · cites it 5× “Because the judge found the trustee to have knowingly and wilfully misrepresented a material fact, that claims were actually pending, he concluded that G. L. c. 246, § 19, as amended by St. 1973, c.”

Chang v. BankBoston, N.A., 787 N.E.2d 1144 (Mass. App. Ct. 2003). “To report no assets (a “no funds answer”) when there are assets, the plaintiffs contend, is a false answer and, under G. L. c. 246, § 19, renders the trustee liable to the plaintiffs for the full amount due on any judgment the plaintiffs obtain against Interstate.”

Chang v. BankBoston, N.A., 11 Mass. L. Rptr. 583 (Mass. Super. Ct. 2000). “The Changs claim they are entitled to recover from BankBoston pursuant to G.L.c. 246, §19 which provides that a trustee who “knowingly and wilfully swears falsely in his answer .”

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