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PART III. COURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES

TITLE III. REMEDIES RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY

CHAPTER 239. SUMMARY PROCESS FOR POSSESSION OF LAND

Chapter 239: Section 7. Judgments; effect

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.