Massachusetts General Laws
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 260, § 30 (2026)
Estates tail; death of tenant; effect
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Section 30. If a person entitled to recover land as a tenant in tail or as a remainderman dies before the expiration of the period hereinbefore limited for making an entry or commencing an action therefor, no person claiming any estate which the tenant in tail or remainderman might have barred shall make an entry or commence an action to recover such land, except within the period during which the tenant in tail or remainderman, if he had so long lived, might have made such entry or commenced such action.
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Cited in 2
cases, 2007–2014 · leading case: Commonwealth v. Caparella, 874 N.E.2d 682 (Mass. App. Ct. 2007).
Commonwealth v. Caparella, 874 N.E.2d 682 (Mass. App. Ct. 2007). “” G. L. c. 260, § 30(1). To prove the element of “the property of another,” the Commonwealth need not prove exact ownership.”
1148 Davol Street LLC v. Mechanic's Mill One LLC, 21 N.E.3d 547 (Mass. App. Ct. 2014). “6 (noting, without resolving, the question whether land obtained by municipality through tax taking is held for “public purpose” within meaning of G. L. c. 260, § 30). 8 Unlike the amendments to the limitations period enacted during the Nineteenth Century, see note 5, supra, the…”
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 260, § 30(1): 1 case
Commonwealth v. Caparella, 874 N.E.2d 682 (Mass. App. Ct. 2007). “” G. L. c. 260, § 30(1). To prove the element of “the property of another,” the Commonwealth need not prove exact ownership.”
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