Hess v. Merion Title & Trust Co. of Ardmore

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Drew,

Peter C. Hess, treasurer of Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, and the Royal Indemnity Company, surety on his treasurer’s bond, filed a statement of claim against The Merion Title & Trust Company of Ard-more and the Independence Indemnity Company, the latter of which is now in the hands of the insurance commissioner as statutory liquidator. In answer to the statement of claim, which alleged liability on defendants’ depository bond, the Independence Indemnity Company filed an affidavit of defense in the nature of a demurrer, and, when the questions of law…