Lambert v. Allard

Bill of Interpleader. The case involves the construction of R. S. Ch. 86, Sec. 57 and Ch. 81, Sec. 32 providing for attaching and levying upon real estate.

The plaintiff maintains that a vendor of land who has given a bond for a deed, even though he has received a negotiable promissory note for the purchase price, has an attachable interest in the land contracted to be conveyed. The defendant contends that under such conditions the vendor has no attachable interest. This, quoting the language of the decree appealed from, is “the fundamental question here to be decided.”

To summarize the facts:…