Commonwealth v. National Surety Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Simpson,

In each of these cases, defendant appeals from an order of the court below discharging its rule to show cause why the confessed judgment entered against it should not be opened and it let in to a defense. The basic facts are exactly the same in each of them, and the same principle of law is controlling. They will all be decided, therefore, in this one opinion; for convenience, the dates, names and amounts being taken from the first appeal.

Defendant gave to the Commonwealth, which is plaintiff, a bond conditioned that the First National Bank of Glen Campbell, Pa.,…