In Re Buckley's Estate

The facts in this ease are not in dispute. On December 1,1947, the probate court of the county of Manistee made an order directing the guardian of ' Edith Hampton Buckley, a mentally-incompetent person, to pay to the brothers and sisters of the ward, comprising all of her next of kin, sums aggregating $30,000 ont of aecnmnlated surplus income in her estate, such payment to be regarded as a loan and to be evidenced by a promissory note. The money was not paid. Subsequently, on September 15, 1949, on petition of the brothers and sisters of the ward, a supplemental order was made expressly…