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.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 179, § 32
Recovery of cost of repairs; double damages
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