Commissioner of Banks v. Buckley

This is a petition filed by the commissioner of banks in possession of the Charlestown Trust Company for instructions “as to his rights, obligation and duty with reference to the claim for preference of John P. Buckley, as he is guardian of Miley H. Farris” and for other relief. The case is before this court by reservation of a single justice thereof, “upon the pleadings and an agreed statement of facts.” Such facts and the petition disclose that John P. Buckley was appointed guardian of Miley H. Farris, *513who was “adjudicated as incompetent to handle his" own affairs” by decree of the Probate…