{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-246-77","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 246, § 77","heading":"Action against defaulting trustee; liability for costs","body":"Section 77. If a person summoned as trustee, who dwells or has a usual place of business in the county where the action is brought, is defaulted in the original action, and if a proceeding under section forty-five is brought against him, he shall be liable out of his own goods and estates for all costs in such proceeding, although he is not adjudged a trustee, except as provided in the following sections.","path":["Part III","Title IV","Chapter 246"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIII/TitleIV/Chapter246/Section77","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:25:01Z","sha256":"87f671101483ac0101c3d6d3097836100fae725a2548fa24160356b9316f443c","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-246-76","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-246-78"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}