If the plaintiff accepts the amount so offered for the past damage and for future annual compensation, he shall have judgment therefor and for costs to that time; or the plaintiff may accept either the amount tendered for past damages or the offer for future annual compensation, and proceed to trial on the residue of the complaint under the same liability for costs.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 253, § 29
Tender; judgment upon acceptance; costs
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