Section 8. If the court finds that the defendant has not exercised a franchise or privilege not conferred by law, he shall recover costs. If the attorney general does not intervene, and the court finds that the respondent has exercised a franchise or privilege not conferred by law, judgment of forfeiture shall not be entered, but judgment shall be entered that the corporation, or the persons claiming to be such, be perpetually excluded from the exercise of such franchise or privilege, and that the directors, managers, or agents, guilty of the usurpation, pay the costs of the complainant.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases
Title IV - Certain Writs and Proceedings in Special Cases
Chapter 249 - Audita Querela, Certiorari, Mandamus and Quo Warranto
Section 4a - Service Upon Board, Commission or Voluntary Association
Section 5 - Action in the Nature of Mandamus
Section 6 - Action in the Nature of Quo Warranto
Section 7 - Intervention by Attorney General
Section 9 - Jurisdiction of Actions Against Persons Holding or Claiming Public Office