Section 12. Costs shall be awarded and taxed for the prevailing party. If judgment is for the commonwealth, an execution for costs shall issue; if it is for the defendant, the costs shall be paid by the commonwealth.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases
Title III - Remedies Relating to Real Property
Chapter 245 - Informations by the Commonwealth
Section 1 - Unlawful Entry; Action for Recovery
Section 2 - Order of Governor and Council; When Necessary
Section 4 - Notice by Publication
Section 5 - Defendants, Persons Who May Be; Costs
Section 6 - Rents and Profits; Improvements; Commonwealth Prevailing Party
Section 7 - Judgments for Commonwealth; Effect
Section 8 - Judgments; Conclusiveness
Section 9 - Persons Not Concluded; Action for Recovery
Section 10 - Against Whom Action Brought
Section 11 - Rents and Profits; Improvements; Plaintiff Prevailing Party