Shelton v. Wolthausen
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action of interpleader to determine the rights of the respective defendants in and to money held by the plaintiff as clerk of the Superior Court, brought to and tried by the Superior Court in Fairfield County, Reed, J.; facts found and judgment rendered in favor of the Espencheid Hat Company, one of the defendants, and appeal by John C. Wilson, another defendant.
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Action of interpleader to determine the rights of the respective defendants in and to money held by the plaintiff as clerk of the Superior Court, brought to and tried by the Superior Court in Fairfield County, Reed, J.; facts found and judgment rendered in favor of the Espencheid Hat Company, one of the defendants, and appeal by John C. Wilson, another defendant. August 11th, 1902, the defendants Wolthausen and Bouton made and delivered their non-negotiable note for $2,500 to one Settle. This note became due October 31st, 1902. October 9th, 1902, the Espencheid Hat Company brought an action…
1Opinion of the CourtPrentice, J.
The plaintiff is, and during the whole period covered by the events which have culminated in the present controversy has been, the clerk of the Superior Court in Fairfield County. The fund here involved is the balance of a larger one which was by order of said court, passed in an action therein pending, paid into court and into the plaintiff’s hands as its depositary. That action was one in the nature of an interpleader brought by parties who were obligated to pay the amount so ordered to be paid into court and against' two defendants who made conflicting claims upon the plaintiffs therefor,…
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