McGee v. Carver

Smith, 'C. J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

The Bolivar Compress Company, which conducts a public warehouse for the storing of cotton, filed a bill of interpleader in the court below alleging’ that it had in its possession a bale of cotton for which it had issued a negotiable receipt, and which was claimed by several named persons, and prayed that they be summoned to appear and propound their claims to the cotton, which would .thereafter be dealt with by the compress company in accordance with any decree the court might render relative thereto. Pursuant to the summons served on them, the…