{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-158-54","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 158, § 54","heading":"Defense by officer or stockholder of action against corporation","body":"Section 54. If, in an action against a corporation, it appears to the court that one of the objects of the action is to obtain a judgment against the corporation in order to enforce an alleged liability of a person who has been or is a stockholder or officer thereof, any such person may be permitted, on petition, to defend such action, and in such case the court may require of him or of a person in his behalf, a bond with sufficient surety or sureties, conditioned to pay to the plaintiff all costs which may accrue and be taxed to him after the filing of said petition.","path":["Part I","Title XXII","Chapter 158"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXXII/Chapter158/Section54","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:23:43Z","sha256":"b0da9d82ae7502327c27dda7d6e417afbbdc47ea17f8a595627a5753a8d14d1e","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-158-53","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-159-1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}