Vautrinot v. Booth

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hetfield, J.

The bill in this case was filed for the purpose of compelling the defendants to interplead and settle their respective rights and claims to a fund of $5,000, held in escrow by the complainant, under the provisions of a certain contract Wherein the defendants were the parties. An interlocutory decree was made that the defendants interplead, and the ease then proceeded to final hearing.

The appellants, Harold Booth and Armena S. Booth, his wife, on March 3d, 1926, entered into a written agreement with William Alexander, one of the respondents,…