Commonwealth, to Use v. Merchants Nat. Bank

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Linn,

This appeal is from judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense. The suit is on a guardian’s bond in the sum of $60,000. The Citizens Trust Company of Allentown, hereafter referred to as the trust company, a corporation under the Corporation Act of 1874, P. L. 73, 15 PS section 1 et seq., became surety on the bond. In 1928 the trust company and the Merchants National Bank of Allentown, hereafter called the bank, united as the Merchants’ Citizens National Bank and Trust Company of Allentown, a name subsequently changed to the Merchants National Bank of…