Newark Fire Insurance v. Brill

This is an action of interpleader brought by plaintiffs insurance companies which paid the fund involved into court and were discharged from further liability. Thereafter the action proceeded between various claimants to the fund to determine the question of their respective rights to share therein.

The court below granted summary judgment in favor of defendant Welbilt Stove Co., Inc., and against defendants Brill and Arnold, adjudging that the Welbilt Stove Co., Inc., had a valid lien on the fund for a specified amount which was prior to all other liens against the fund.

Defendants Rebecca…