Matter of Morizzo

The guardian of a mentally ill veteran appeals from a decree of the Probate Court dismissing his petition for authority to expend $1,140 from funds of the ward for the funeral expenses of the ward’s father. The administrator of veterans’ affairs, United States Veterans’ Administration, 1 is a party in interest. G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 201, § 2; § 7, as appearing in St. 1956, c. 314, § 3. See Keating v. Director of the United States Veterans’ Bureau, 272 Mass. 212. The ward is a patient at the United States Veterans’ Hospital at Bedford. On February 26, 1953, the veterans’ administration made a…