{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-230-4","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 230, § 4","heading":"Accounting for property returned pursuant to judgment","body":"Section 4. If judgment for a return of property is rendered in a civil action against an executor or administrator, the property returned by him shall not be assets in his hands; and if it has been included in the inventory, he shall be allowed therefor in his account if he shows that it has been returned in pursuance of such judgment.","path":["Part III","Title II","Chapter 230"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIII/TitleII/Chapter230/Section4","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:51Z","sha256":"7c3caee6a18403d8b8e7d9ff7757d1d270391f0c2a53e69fbcc924bbe726ccf9","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-230-3","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-230-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}