{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-190b-3-702","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 190B, § 3-702","heading":"Priority among different letters","body":"Section 3–702. [Priority Among Different Letters.]\nA person to whom general letters are issued first has exclusive authority under the letters until the appointment is terminated or modified. If, through error, general letters are afterwards issued to another, the first appointed representative may recover any property of the estate in the hands of the representative subsequently appointed, but the acts of the latter done in good faith before notice of the first letters are not void for want of validity of appointment.","path":["Part II","Title II","Chapter 190B"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartII/TitleII/Chapter190B/Section3-702","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:29Z","sha256":"3326188afeb9ff9b739a4d5790289af5c587b2660fad785decff1c5e0ddfd197","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-190b-3-701","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-190b-3-703"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}