Section 32. The person making such repairs may demand of the proprietor bound to make them, or of the tenant holding under him, double the cost of the repairs and of the fees of the fence viewers so ascertained; and if they are not paid within one month after notice and demand, he may recover them in tort.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Chapter 179 - Proprietors of Wharves, Real Estate Lying in Common, and General Fields
Section 2 - Notice of Organizational Meeting
Section 3 - Formation of Corporation; Selection of Officers; Certification of Organization
Section 5 - Duties of Treasurer
Section 6 - Actions by and Against Corporations
Section 7 - By-Laws; Annexation of Penalties
Section 8 - Power of Moderator
Section 9 - Powers of Proprietors at Legal Meeting
Section 11 - Conduct of Business
Section 12 - Failure of Proprietor to Pay Assessment
Section 13 - Redemption of Shares
Section 14 - Sale by Proprietors
Section 15 - Division of Property; Deposit of Records; Fees
Section 16 - Termination of Corporation
Section 17 - Powers After Disposal of Property
Section 18 - Management of Distinct Lots or Parcels of Land Enclosed and Fenced in One Common Field
Section 21 - Field Drivers; Selection; Powers
Section 22 - Rules as to Pasturing
Section 23 - Voting Rights; Land Enclosed for One Proprietor's Exclusive Benefit
Section 24 - Trespass by a Proprietor
Section 25 - Assessments Upon Proprietors
Section 26 - Collection of Assessments
Section 27 - Remedy for Injury to Land Caused by Beasts of Stranger
Section 28 - Apportionment of Fence Among Proprietors
Section 29 - Non-Use of Land; Liability for Maintenance or Assessment on Fence
Section 30 - Expenses of Apportionment and Maintenance
Section 31 - Repair of Fence by Other Proprietor
Section 32 - Recovery of Cost of Repairs; Double Damages
Section 33 - Emergency Repair of Fence; Recovery of Cost of Repairs
Section 34 - Enclosure by Proprietor of Own Land; Effect on Common Field
Section 35 - Maintenance of Boundaries Within General Field; Violation
Section 36 - Jurisdiction of Superior Court; Order to Fence
Section 37 - Fields Established by Court Order; Management
Section 38 - Division of General Field; Petition; Committee to Make Division