The executor or administrator may sell the mortgage and the debt secured thereby in his or her discretion for the amount due thereon, and may sell the mortgage and the debt for a less amount upon obtaining the advice and direction therefor of the probate court upon a petition filed for that purpose.

History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 876; G.L. 1909, ch. 313, § 11; G.L. 1923, ch. 364, § 11; G.L. 1938, ch. 577, § 11; G.L. 1956, § 33-9-10.