Spielvogel v. Harkins & Maeger Ltd.

OPINION AND ORDER

WILLIAM C. CONNER, District Judge:

Plaintiffs Carl and Barbaralee Spielvogel (“the Spielvogels”) brought this interpleader action in the New York Supreme Court, New York County, to have that court resolve competing claims to a fund they held amounting to approximately $121,000. The case was removed to this Court by the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”), one of the interpleaded defendants.

Simply stated, the principal claims to the fund arose as follows: The Spielvogels hired Harkins & Maeger Limited (“Harkins & Maeger”), a general contractor, to renovate their cooperative…