Hollander v. Friedman

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Jones,

This is an appeal from a judgment entered on a directed verdict in an interpleader proceeding. The action was initiated by an escrow agent, named in a contract between the plaintiffs and the defendant, in order to have duly adjudicated the party entitled to the escrow deposit, the contract not having been performed.

The contract consisted of a letter dated July 3, 1946, from Jacob Friedman, the defendant, addressed to Harry and Stanley Hollander, the plaintiffs. It contained Friedman’s offer to sell his “entire packing plant known as the Butler Packing Company, ...…