Harden v. Barbaree

BOULDIN, Justice.

A bill in the nature of interpleader filed by one of the claimants to funds held by a disinterested stake-holder under Code, § 10390, should set up complainant’s equitable right and title to the fund or some definite portion thereof with the same certainty as if he were brought in under a bill filed by the stake-holder. The , adverse claimant, called upon to defend against complainant’s claim of ownership, is entitled to be advised of the nature of his claim under the general rules of equity pleading. First Nat. Bank of Clanton et al. v. McKee et al., 227 Ala. 573, 151 So.…