Farinha v. Commissioner of Banks

This suit in equity was referred to a master by a single justice of this court. Upon the coming in of the master’s report, an interlocutory decree was entered confirming the report and a final decree was entered dismissing the bill of complaint. The case now comes before us on the plaintiff’s appeal from the final decree.

*193The findings of the master are substantially as follows. The defendant Salem Trust Company, hereinafter called the bank, was taken possession of by the commissioner of banks, hereinafter referred to as the commissioner, on December 15, 1931. The plaintiff, of foreign birth,…