Section 12. Real estate held by an executor or administrator in mortgage, or taken on execution by him, may, at any time before the right of redemption is foreclosed, be sold subject to such right, in the same manner as personal property of a person deceased; and after such right has been foreclosed, it may be sold in the same manner as real estate of which the deceased died seized.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations
Section 3 - Examination on Oath
Section 4 - Securities and Moneys; Requirement of Production
Section 5 - Property; Accounting; Profits or Losses
Section 6 - Property Subject to Accountings
Section 8 - Income From Realty; Accounting; Manner
Section 9 - Mortgaged Realty; Manner of Accounting; Right of Entry
Section 10 - Mortgaged Realty; Redemption; Release
Section 11 - Realty Taken by Executor or Administrator on Execution; Personal Assets
Section 12 - Realty Held in Mortgage or on Execution; Manner of Sale
Section 13 - Realty Held in Mortgage or on Execution; Disposition
Section 14 - Burial Lot and Monument; Allowance
Section 15 - Perpetual Care; Costs
Section 17 - Expense of Procuring Surety Chargeable on Estate