Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 261, § 4: Superior court cases

Section 4. If, in a personal action, except an action of replevin or an action under section fifteen of chapter two hundred and fifty-three, which is commenced in the superior court, the plaintiff does not recover final judgment for more than one hundred dollars as damages, he shall recover no costs, unless the right to an easement or the title to land is drawn in question and the justice before whom the action is tried so certifies.