E. Turgeon Construction Co. v. Elhatton Plumbing & Heating Co.

This is an interpleader action wherein the receiver of an insolvent corporation and one of the insolvent’s creditors both claim a sum of money which is presently on deposit in the registry of the Superior Court. A hearing on the conflicting claims was held before a justice of the Superior Court. He found for the creditor and the receiver appeals. Hereafter, we shall refer to the plaintiff as “Turgeon”; the insolvent corporation, Elhatton Plumbing & Heating Company, Inc., as “Elhatton”; the creditor, National Plumbing and Heating Supply Corp., as “National” and the Small Business…