Massachusetts General Laws
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 84, § 25 (2026)
Repairs made on way within six years of injury
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Section 25. If, upon the trial of an indictment or action brought to recover damages for an injury received by reason of a defect or want of repair or want of sufficient railing in any way, it appears that the defendant has, within six years before such injury, made repairs on such way, it or he shall not deny the location thereof.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1973–1988 · leading case: Gallagher v. City of Medford, 1988 Mass. App. Div. 58 (Mass. Dist. Ct., App. Div. 1988).
Gallagher v. City of Medford, 1988 Mass. App. Div. 58 (Mass. Dist. Ct., App. Div. 1988). “In opposition to the defendant’s summary judgment motion, the plaintiff submitted a written brief in which she asserted, inter alia, that the City was precluded by G. L. c.84, § 25 from denying Baxter Street’s status as a public way because the City had repaired the street…”
Cumming v. Town of Plymouth, 296 N.E.2d 824 (Mass. App. Ct. 1973). “84, § 23), the fact that the defendant town had painted the curb over which the plaintiff fell did not expose the defendant to liability by reason of anything in G. L. c. 84, § 25. See Longley v. Worcester, 304 Mass.”
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