Whoever suffers damage by the negligence or default of a ferryman may recover the same by an action upon his bond; which may be prosecuted as an action brought on the bond of a sheriff is prosecuted.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 88, § 4
Remedy for damage from negligence or default of ferryman
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