Such rent may be recovered in contract, and the deed of demise or other written instrument, if any, showing the provisions of the lease, may be used in evidence by either party to prove the amount of rent due from the defendant.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 186, § 5
Action to recover rent; evidence
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