Wakeman v. Kingsland

Van Fleet, V. C.

This is an interpleader suit. The bill is a strict interpleader bill, and not a bill in the nature of an interpleader bill. Briefly stated, the case made by the bill is as follows: A firm of builders, doing business under the name of Noble & Van Aulen, agreed in writing with the complainant, by two separate contracts made on different dates, to erect and finish two double houses and two other buildings for two distinct sums, to be paid in certain specific parts as the work progressed; the contracts were filed in such manner as exempt the buildings from lien except to the…