Section 5. Such damages may be recovered in tort by one or more of the other co-tenants, without naming any one except the plaintiff, one half to the use of the co-tenants who associate themselves with the plaintiff in bringing the action, and the other half to their use and that of all the other co-tenants except the defendant, to be divided among them in each class in proportion to the value of their respective interests in the land.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases
Title III - Remedies Relating to Real Property
Chapter 242 - Waste and Trespass
Section 1 - Waste; Persons Entitled to Maintain; Jury Trial
Section 2 - Actions of Tort in Nature of Waste; Persons Entitled to Maintain
Section 3 - Actions in Tort in Nature of Waste; When Maintainable Against Representatives
Section 4 - Triple Damages for Waste; Liability of Co-Tenant
Section 5 - Actions for Triple Damages
Section 6 - Triple Damages for Waste During Pendency of Action for Recovery of Land
Section 7 - Willful Trespass to Trees, etc.; Damages
Section 7a - Agricultural or Horticultural Land; Theft or Destruction; Treble Damages