{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-239-7","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 239, § 7","heading":"Judgments; effect","body":"Section 7. The judgment in an action under this chapter shall not be a bar to any action thereafter brought by either party to recover the land or tenements in question, or to recover damages for any trespass thereon; but the amount recovered for rent under section five shall be deducted in any assessment of damages in such subsequent action by the original plaintiff.","path":["Part III","Title III","Chapter 239"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIII/TitleIII/Chapter239/Section7","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:58Z","sha256":"88dcc724d861f99346692a2fe6389a74b69c5cefe3c2bb96533c309145598172","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-239-6a","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-239-8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}