Commissioner of Banks in re Prudential Trust Co.

These are bills in equity by the commissioner of banks, in possession under G. L. c. 167, § 22, of the property and business for purposes of liquidation of three Boston trust companies, for instructions essential to right distribution of their assets. The bills are properly brought. Commissioner of Banks v. Cosmopolitan Trust Co. 240 Mass. 254, 257. Commissioner of Banks, petitioner, in re Prudential Trust Co. 240 Mass. 478. Commissioner of Banks, petitioner, in re Cosmopolitan Trust Co. 241 Mass. 346.

Numerous questions presented, although not the same in all the cases, have been classified…