Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 247, § 22: Effect of foregoing provisions

Section 22. The foregoing provisions shall not preclude the defendant from his remedy on the replevin bond, nor, except as provided in section fourteen, from his remedy against the officer for the insufficiency of the sureties on the bond, to recover the value of the goods and the loss or damage caused by the replevin, although he has endeavored to recover the same by the writ of return as before provided.