Such proprietors may sue and be sued as a body corporate; and an action brought by the corporation for trespass on the common property may be pleaded in abatement or answered in bar of an action for the same trespass brought by any of the proprietors in his individual capacity.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 179, § 6
Actions by and against corporations
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