Los Angeles Trust & Saving Bank v. Ward

This is an action of inter-pleader. The defendant Shirley C. Ward was lessee of certain premises situated in the city of Los Angeles under a lease from the owner, Delia Gilman. The premises were sublet by said defendant to the defendant Walter H. Fisher. Subsequently, by written agreement of the two named defendants, the plaintiff was made escrow-holder of a certain agreement dated August 19, 1918, entered into and executed, in duplicate, by them. This agreement modified in certain particulars the rights and obligations of the parties thereto in and to the premises referred to above. By the…