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MA Code › Part III › Title III › Chapter 242 › Section 5
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Section 5. Such damages may be recovered in tort by one or more of the other co-tenants, without naming any one except the plaintiff, one half to the use of the co-tenants who associate themselves with the plaintiff in bringing the action, and the other half to their use and that of all the other co-tenants except the defendant, to be divided among them in each class in proportion to the value of their respective interests in the land.
Section 5. Such damages may be recovered in tort by one or more of the other co-tenants, without naming any one except the plaintiff, one half to the use of the co-tenants who associate themselves with the plaintiff in bringing the action, and the other half to their use and that of all the other co-tenants except the defendant, to be divided among them in each class in proportion to the value of their respective interests in the land.
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