If such action in tort was commenced in the lifetime of the tenant, it may be prosecuted against his executor or administrator or it may be commenced against such executor or administrator for waste committed or suffered in the tenant's lifetime.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 242, § 3
Actions in tort in nature of waste; when maintainable against representatives
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