Chapter 199

Section 1. If administration is taken in this commonwealth on the estate of a person who was an inhabitant of any other state or country, his estate found here shall, after payment of his debts, be disposed of according to his last will, if any; otherwise his real property shall …

Section 2. After the payment of all debts for which such estate is liable in this commonwealth, the residue of the personal property may be distributed and disposed of, as provided in the preceding section, by the probate court; or, in the discretion of the court, it may be trans…

Section 3. If such person dies insolvent, his estate found in this commonwealth shall, as far as practicable, be so disposed of that all his creditors here and elsewhere may receive equal proportions of their respective debts.

Section 4. The estate shall not be transmitted to the foreign executor or administrator until all the creditors who are citizens of this commonwealth have received the proportion which would be due to them if the whole estate of the deceased, wherever found, which is applicable t…

Section 5. If there is a residue after such payment to the citizens of this commonwealth, it may be paid to any other creditors who have duly proved their debts here, in proportion to the amount due to each of them, but no one shall receive more than would be due to him if the wh…