{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-179-6","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 179, § 6","heading":"Actions by and against corporations","body":"Section 6. Such proprietors may sue and be sued as a body corporate; and an action brought by the corporation for trespass on the common property may be pleaded in abatement or answered in bar of an action for the same trespass brought by any of the proprietors in his individual capacity.","path":["Part I","Title XXII","Chapter 179"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXXII/Chapter179/Section6","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:20Z","sha256":"9ec5d4fc33d0f82c4488b8640b154b262e71401c0200a92b869d0ca77ee90646","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-179-5","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-179-7"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}