PART III. COURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES
TITLE VI. COSTS AND FEES
CHAPTER 261. COSTS IN CIVIL ACTIONS
Chapter 261: Section 14. Actions by state; liability for costs
Section 14. In civil actions and in proceedings which are instituted by, or in the name of, the commonwealth, and not at the relation, in behalf, or for the use, of a private person, the commonwealth shall be liable for costs as is an individual.