Section 3. If the executor or administrator of a trustee, carrier, depositary or other person who claimed only a special property in goods which he held for the use and benefit of another recovers such goods, or damages for the taking or detention thereof, the goods or money recovered shall not be assets in his hands, but shall, after the deduction of the costs and expenses of the action, be delivered or paid to the person for whose use and benefit they were so held or claimed by the deceased.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases
Title II - Actions and Proceedings Therein
Chapter 230 - Actions by and Against Executors and Administrators
Section 1 - Survival of Actions
Section 2 - Torts; Amount of Damages
Section 3 - Recovery of Goods or Damages for Benefit of Another
Section 4 - Accounting for Property Returned Pursuant to Judgment
Section 5 - Refusal to Enforce Claim; Action by Heir, Legatee or Creditor
Section 6 - Writs of Attachment and Executions
Section 7 - Attachments; Permission of Probate Court Required
Section 9 - Damages and Costs; Separate Executions
Section 10 - Liability of Executor or Administrator for Unsatisfied Judgment
Section 11 - Death or Removal of Executor or Administrator; Effect on Pending Action