Commonwealth v. Easton Trust Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Allen M. Stearne,

The effect of this appeal is to question the jurisdiction of the court of common pleas in an action upon surety bonds instituted by a substituted trustee as use-, plaintiff against the executor of the estate of a deceased co-surety of the prior trustee.,

George E. Sandt, the prior trustee, was appointed by the orphans’ .court to sell certain real estate and hold the proceeds for- the benefit of two life tenants. The trustee executed and filed fidelity bonds, upon which Nettie E. Sandt, since-deceased, became a co-surety. At an audit of the accounts of the…