Commissioner of Banks

1. The main question presented for decision in these cases is whether a dividend ought to be paid to the depositors in the savings departments in trust companies (which are being liquidated by the commissioner of banks under St. 1910, c. 399, as amended, now G. L. c. 167, §§ 22 to 36), on the face of their several claims without deduction for dividends already paid and for the value of special security set apart by law but not yet realized for the benefit of depositors in the savings departments, or whether such dividend ought to be paid only on the balance due on such several claims after…