Star Transfer Line v. General Exporting Co.

Plaintiff Star Transfer Line instituted this interpleader suit for the purpose of determining title to 799 eases of imported Scotch whisky stored in its bonded warehouse in Detroit. Defendants General Exporting Company and John J. McKeown appeal from a decree determining defendant Southard & Company, Ltd., to be the owner of such whisky and the warehouse receipt therefor. This being a chancery case, we consider the same de novo.

Plaintiff is a Michigan corporation engaged in business as a public warehouseman under 2 Comp. Laws 1929, § 9623 et seq. (Stat. Ann. § 19.491 et seq.), and maintains a…