Gairing v. McClelland

Plaintiffs filed a bill of interpleader in which, in substance, they allege that either as stakeholders or as debtors on a demand note they are obligated to pay the sum of $6,500; that the defendant McClelland and the defendant Wright, as administrator of the estate of Frank H. McKeyes, deceased, are rival claimants to this fund which plaintiffs are obligated and willing to pay. Defendant McClel-land moved to dismiss the bill of complaint as to him. This motion was heard by the trial judge. Later he filed a memorandum' and decree in which he held the motion should be granted. Subsequently by…