Svenska Taendsticks Fabrik Aktiebolaget v. Bankers Trust Co.

Plaintiffs are entitled to have their complaint treated as one in conversion. The provisions of section 287 of the Civil Practice Act are, therefore, not available to the appellants. Nor are the provisions of section 193 of the Civil Practice Act, as the appellants do not bring themselves within any of its subdivisions. The same is true with respect to the provisions of section 271 of the Civil Practice Act. The appellants have no true counterclaim within the purview of this section.

While concededly interpleader does not he, the appellants maintain that under the broad equity powers of the…