Section 17. Money paid with the approval of the judge of probate to a corporation qualified to act in the commonwealth in guaranteeing the fidelity of persons and in acting as surety on bonds, or to any person for acting as surety on any official bond given to such probate court, may be allowed as a charge against the estate and in the case of trusteeship shall be a charge against principal, except that if and so long as the trust estate shall consist wholly of real estate the money so paid shall be a charge against income.
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