Proceeds of Sales; Surplus; Disposition

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  2. Massachusetts General Laws
  3. Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations
  4. Descent and Distribution, Wills, Estates of Deceased Persons and Absentees, Guardianship, Conservatorship and Trusts
  5. General Provisions Relative to Sales, Mortgages, Releases, Compromises, etc., by Executors, Etc.
  6. Proceeds of Sales; Surplus; Disposition

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Section 9. In every sale of the real estate of a deceased person or a ward by an executor, administrator, guardian or conservator, the surplus of the proceeds remaining on the final settlement of the accounts shall be considered as real estate, and shall be disposed of to the same persons and in the same proportions to whom and in which the real estate if not sold would have descended or have been disposed of by law.


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