Paugh v. Delaware County Trust, Safe Deposit & Title Insurance
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 274, Oct. T., 1915, by plaintiff, from order of O. P. Delaware Co., March T., 1914, No. 240, granting interpleader and awarding feigned issue in case of Daniel Paugh, Administrator of the Estate of Mary A. Paugh, deceased, v. Delaware County Trust, Safe Deposit & Title Insurance Co. Interpleader to determine the ownership of a deposit.
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Appeal, No. 274, Oct. T., 1915, by plaintiff, from order of O. P. Delaware Co., March T., 1914, No. 240, granting interpleader and awarding feigned issue in case of Daniel Paugh, Administrator of the Estate of Mary A. Paugh, deceased, v. Delaware County Trust, Safe Deposit & Title Insurance Co. Interpleader to determine the ownership of a deposit. Before Broomadl, J. From the record it appeared that on February 17, 1913, Mary Á. Paugh deposited $1,000 in the Delaware County Trust, Safe Deposit and Title Insurance Company, taking a deposit book in which was entered her own name and that of her…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Kepi-iart, J.,
A defendant who applies for an interpleader under the Act of March 11, 1836, P. L. 777, must be a mere stakeholder; he may, before plea entered, by disclaimer of all interest in the subject matter of the action, with an offer to bring the money into court and otherwise complying with the act, be relieved of the consequences of the litigation involving this subject-matter. “Where the defendant is a mere stakeholder, with no rights of his own to be litigated, and the suit is to recover money claimed by rivals as between whom the defendant has no interest, it is not error…
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