Debts due by mortgage of real estate and the mortgaged premises shall, unless the mortgage be foreclosed and the equity barred in the lifetime of the testator or intestate, be considered personal property for every purpose in settling the estates of deceased persons.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-9-9
Real estate mortgages as personal property
C.P.A. 1905, § 875; G.L. 1909, ch. 313, § 10; G.L. 1923, ch. 364, § 10; G.L. 1938, ch. 577, § 10; G.L. 1956, § 33-9-9.
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