The owner of the mill or dam may, within said month, offer in writing to the owner of the land any increase of said annual compensation; and if the owner of the land does not agree to accept it, but brings an action to obtain an increase, he shall pay the costs, unless he recovers a greater annual compensation than was so offered.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 253, § 23
Costs; avoidance by offer to pay increased compensation
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