Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 179, § 1: Issuance of warrant for meeting upon application of proprietors of lands, wharves or other real estate held in common to organize as corporation

Section 1. Upon written application of five or more proprietors of lands, wharves or other real estate held in common to a justice of the peace, stating that they intend to organize themselves as a corporation, he shall issue his warrant to one of the applicants, directing him to call a meeting of all the proprietors and expressing in the warrant the time, place, occasion and purpose of the meeting.