Lee v. Turner

The plaintiffs were trustees in a deed of trust made to secure the payment of certain promissory notes. The net proceeds of the sale of the property on foreclosure, in the hands of the trustees, were claimed by three different persons: Thomas T. Turner, the original payee of the notes ; Brainard M. Million, to whom the principal note was delivered, after maturity, by Turner; and William Roemheld, to whom this note was delivered by Million as collateral security for a loan. These persons were made defendants, and were required to interplead for the fund. Each defendant, in a separate answer,…