Statesman Pub. Co. v. Foltin
Oregon Supreme Court
From Marion: William Galloway, Judge. This is a suit by the Statesman Publishing Company, a corporation, against Frank Foltin and others, and is known as a bill of interpleader. The facts out of which this controversy arose appear in the statement by the court. Statement by Mr. Chief Justice McBride.
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From Marion: William Galloway, Judge. This is a suit by the Statesman Publishing Company, a corporation, against Frank Foltin and others, and is known as a bill of interpleader. The facts out of which this controversy arose appear in the statement by the court. Statement by Mr. Chief Justice McBride. This suit is in the nature of a bill of interpleader filed by plaintiff and arises out of substantially the following circumstances: The plaintiff is the publisher of the “Oregon Statesman,” the “Pacific Homestead,” “Northwest Poultry Journal,” and the “Oregon Teacher’s Monthly,” all published at…
1Opinion of the Court
*71Opinion by
Mr. Chiee Justice McBride.
1. The plaintiff both by pleading and proof has shown a good cause for interpleader. It is evident that with two claimants for each of the three principal prizes it would have exposed itself to a multiplicity of small actions in regard to the fund in its hands had it assumed to pay it to any set of claimants. The appealing parties admit in their answer that they claimed, respectively, the first three prizes and were prevented from bringing actions to recover them only by reason of the injunction issued in this suit. The three defendants who were successful…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- North Pacific Lumber Co. v. LangOregon Supreme Court · 1895
- Pope v. AmesOregon Supreme Court · 1890
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- Hooper v. CarlsonOregon Supreme Court · 1930
- Palmiter v. HackettOregon Supreme Court · 1919