Section 6. If, during the pendency of an action for the recovery of land, the tenant or person in possession, with knowledge thereof, commits waste, the demandant, if he recovers judgment, may afterward recover in tort three times the amount of the damages assessed therefor.
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