Glaser v. Priest
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the St. Louis Circuit Court, Hon. Geo. W. Lubke, Judge. Interpleader will not lie where the party filing the bill claims that he is ignorant of the law; but will lie where the inter-pleader claims that he cannot tell which of the parties has in fact the title to the subject-matter of the interplea. 2 Story’s E. Haile, 18 Mo. 21. The Union Trust Company has no power to act in New York as committee of the estate of an habitual drunkard.
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Appeal from the St. Louis Circuit Court, Hon. Geo. W. Lubke, Judge. Interpleader will not lie where the party filing the bill claims that he is ignorant of the law; but will lie where the inter-pleader claims that he cannot tell which of the parties has in fact the title to the subject-matter of the interplea. 2 Story’s E. Haile, 18 Mo. 21. The Union Trust Company has no power to act in New York as committee of the estate of an habitual drunkard. Corporations have no powers except such as are expressly granted. Ruggles ». Collier, 43 Mo. 353, 375; Blair t>Ins. Co., 10 Mo. 559. It is an…
1Opinion of the Court
Rombatjer, J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.. In June, 1885, George W- Bull, one of the appellants, and then and now a resident of the city of New York, was, on proceedings duly had, adjudged an habitual drunkard by the Supreme Court of the state of New York, and the respondent by said court appointed a committee of his estate.
At the above date, and ever since, Bull owned certain real estate in the city of St. Louis, held and occupied under a lease for years by the plaintiff, Glaser, and *6the appellant, Priest, was Bull’s St. Louis agent for the collection of rents derived therefrom.
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