Stuart v. Pickett

The parties to this cause are N. T. Stuart, appellant, and the appellees are the Lackey Lumber Company, a partnership, and John Pickett and his wife. The Lumber Company was indebted either to Mrs. Pickett or Stuart in the sum of $138.50. The question for decision is to whom the money belonged. The lumber company filed its bill of interpleader in the chancery court, making all the other parties to this cause defendants. The hearing on bill, cross-bill of Stuart, and answers and proofs, resulted in a decree in favor of Mrs. Pickett. Prom that decision, Stuart prosecutes this appeal. The…