PART III
COURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES (Chapters 211 through 262)
TITLE VI
COSTS AND FEES
CHAPTER 261
COSTS IN CIVIL ACTIONS
Section 14
Actions by state; liability for costs
Section 14. In civil actions and in proceedings which are instituted by, or in the name of, the commonwealth, and not at the relation, in behalf, or for the use, of a private person, the commonwealth shall be liable for costs as is an individual.