Section 17. A question of fact arising upon such additional allegations may be tried and determined by the court, or it may be submitted to a jury in such manner as the court orders.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases
Title IV - Certain Writs and Proceedings in Special Cases
Section 1 - Actions Maintainable; Trustees
Section 4 - Venue in District Courts
Section 4a - Change of Venue in District Courts
Section 4b - Venue in Actions to Enforce Support Orders
Section 5 - Trustee Summons; Service
Section 6 - Foreign Corporations; Service
Section 7 - Partnerships; Service
Section 8 - New Trustees; Successive Services
Section 9 - Proceedings if Trustees Discharged
Section 10 - Answer; Filing; Contents
Section 11 - Answer Under Oath; Written Declarations
Section 12 - Interrogatories; Answer
Section 13 - Discharge of Trustees
Section 14 - Admissions by Trustees; Interrogatories
Section 15 - Corporations; Appearance and Answer
Section 17 - Questions of Fact; Trial
Section 18 - Default of Trustee
Section 19 - False Answers; Penalty
Section 20 - Effect of Attachment
Section 22 - Liability as Trustee of Assignee in Insolvency
Section 23 - Liability of Receivers
Section 24 - Money, etc., Due but Not Payable; Attachment
Section 25 - Conveyances Void as to Creditors; Persons Having Property as Trustees
Section 26 - Mutual Demands Between Trustee and Defendant; Liability of Trustee
Section 27 - Liability of Trustee Before Knowledge of Service
Section 28 - Wages and Pensions; Exemptions; Exceptions
Section 28a - Monies Held by Banks or Similar Institutions; Exemption; Limitations
Section 29 - Offer of Judgment; Costs
Section 30 - Attaching Exempt Wages; Penalty
Section 31 - Bonds; Savings Banks as Trustees
Section 32 - Claims Not Attachable by Trustee Process
Section 33 - Claims by Third Persons
Section 34 - Assignments as Security for Debts
Section 35 - Actions Pending by Defendant Against Trustees; Continuance
Section 36 - Actions Not Continued; Liability of Judgment Debtor as Trustee
Section 37 - Defendant in Pending Action Adjudged Trustee; Proceedings
Section 38 - Counterclaim by Defendant in Pending Action; Proceedings
Section 39 - Form of Judgment Charging Trustee
Section 40 - Second Attachment; Recovery by Defendant
Section 41 - Liability of Trustee After Thirty Days
Section 42 - Demand on Absent Trustee; Service
Section 43 - Effect of Judgment Against Trustee
Section 44 - Discharge of Trustee; Actions by Defendant
Section 45 - Action to Satisfy Judgment Upon Default of Trustee
Section 46 - Default of Trustee; Judgment in Absence of Answer or Examination in Original Action
Section 47 - Default of Trustee; Judgment in Case of Answer or Examination in Original Action
Section 48 - Appearance of Trustee; Proceedings; Judgments
Section 50 - Death of Trustee Before Judgment Satisfied
Section 51 - Death of Trustee Before Judgment; Proceedings; Prior Examination of Deceased
Section 52 - Default Judgments; Payments
Section 53 - Death of Trustee After Judgment
Section 54 - Death Within Thirty Days After Judgment
Section 55 - Service of Execution
Section 56 - Failure of Executor or Administrator to Pay Amount Charged; Remedies
Section 57 - Proceedings if Trustee Is Charged for Specific Property
Section 58 - Determination of Value of Property Delivered
Section 59 - Delivery of Specific Property According to Contract
Section 60 - Property Held by Trustee as Security; Tender by Attaching Creditor
Section 61 - Property Held for Other Than Security Purposes
Section 62 - Property Received by Officer; Disposal; Proceeds
Section 63 - Sale by Trustee of Property Held for Security
Section 64 - Failure of Trustee to Deliver Property
Section 65 - Common Carriers as Trustees; Liability for Nondelivery
Section 66 - Bonds; Persons Entitled to File
Section 67 - Delivery of Property by Trustee; Limitation of Action on Bond
Section 68 - Allowable to Trustee
Section 69 - Payable Out of Effects
Section 70 - Payable by Plaintiff
Section 71 - Persons Absent From Commonwealth
Section 72 - Persons Out of County
Section 73 - Trustees Neglecting to Appear; Liability for Costs
Section 74 - Recovery of Costs
Section 75 - Several Trustees; Liability for Costs
Section 76 - Actions Against Trustees
Section 77 - Action Against Defaulting Trustee; Liability for Costs
Section 78 - Action Against Defaulting Trustee; Costs, Nonliability, Recovery Precluded
Section 79 - Action Against Defaulting Trustee; Costs, Nonliability, Recovery
Section 80 - Action Against Defaulting Trustee; Execution Against Trustee for Costs
Section 81 - Action Against Several Defaulting Trustees; Liability for Costs