Suttles v. Vickery

This case arose upon a petition for interpleader filed by a fire-insurance company, the question being whether the proceeds of a policy should be paid to the holders of a security deed, who were also garnishing creditors, or to one holding the policy under an assignment made by the insured after the burning of the property covered by the policy. After the filing of answers by those asserting the conflicting claims, the case was tried before a jury, and resulted in a verdict in favor of the assignee. The losing claimants filed a motion for a new trial, which was overruled, and they excepted.…