Jewelers' League v. Hepke

In this action of interpleader, the defendant, Conrad Hepke, whose relation to the benefit association or the fund *717in controversy is that of creditor and alleged purchaser from Becker, the deceased creator of the fund, claims the whole amount of $5,000 upon advances to Becker of $635, to the total exclusion of the only child of the deceased, his daughter Thekla. The plaintiff association, which pays over the fund, the executors of the deceased, and the guardian ad litem, unite in urging that Hepke should be paid only the advances and interest, and the rest go to the daughter.

The object of the…