Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court February 25, 1880 (Look v. Kenney)

Gray, C. J.

By our statutes, the legal title in a mortgage of real estate held by a deceased person, as well as the debt secured thereby, vests in his executor or administrator, and may be foreclosed or discharged by him; and he is seised of all mortgages, under which possession has been taken, in trust for those who would be entitled to the money in case of redemption. Gen. Sts. e. 96, §§ 9, 10.