{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-84-10","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 84, § 10","heading":"Entry upon land to secure and protect public way; damages","body":"Section 10. The selectmen or road commissioners may enter upon, use or survey or take by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine any land they may deem necessary for the purpose of securing or protecting a public way; and any person thereby injured in his property and any owner of land adjoining a way who has sustained damage in his property by an act done for the purpose of repairing the way may recover such damages under chapter seventy-nine.","path":["Part I","Title XIV","Chapter 84"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXIV/Chapter84/Section10","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:21:37Z","sha256":"cd914fc61b8eb1b333100b40e57f83a02703c986c9daaaeeab953dc303bc9381","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-84-9","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-84-11"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}