Rice-Stix Dry Goods Co. v. W. S. Albrecht & Co.

This was an attachment proceeding brought in the circuit court of St. Clair county by appellant, the Rice-Stix Dry Goods Company, concerning a debt owed by W. S. Albrecht & Co., a partnership conducting a dry goods business at Terre Haute, Indiana. Appellee, Alma Hoffinger, interpleaded, claiming ownership of the real estate attached. After, the pleadings were settled, the cause, by agreement, was heard by the court and a judgment entered in favor-of the interpleader. An appeal was taken directly to this court, as a freehold is involved.

The real estate in question consists of a tract of land…