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2015 Massachusetts General Laws
PART I ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
TITLE XIV PUBLIC WAYS AND WORKS
CHAPTER 84 REPAIR OF WAYS AND BRIDGES
Section 24 Damage from defects in dedicated ways
MA Gen L ch 84 § 24 (2015) What's This?
Section 24. The board or officer having authority over public ways in a town shall, if the public safety so requires, cause such ways to be closed where they enter upon and unite with an existing public way or may by other sufficient means caution the public against entering thereon; otherwise the town shall be liable for damages arising from defects therein as in the case of ways duly laid out and established.
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