Legal Opinion
Smith v. Folsom
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 12, 1940No. 13304PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Duckworth, Justice.
“Wshenever a person shall be possessed of property or funds, or owe a debt or duty, to which more than one person shall lay claim of such a character as to render it doubtful or dangerous for the holder to act, he may apply to equity to compel the claimants to interplead.” Code, § 37-1503. There is no merit in the contention that a petition for interpleader would not lie under the facts of the instant case. It appeared that upon the completion of his house the owner had expended all, except approximately $1700, of the contract price for materials and labor used in its…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- Bardes v. Hawarden BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Taubel-Scott-Kitzmiller Co. v. FoxSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
- Eyster v. GaffSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Board of Trade of Chicago v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
- Murphy v. John Hofman Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1909
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Robinson v. Trustees of the New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945
- Bank of Cave Spring v. Gold Kist, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1985
- Panfel v. BoydCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988
- Ben Greenblatt v. Ernest R. Utley, Trustee in Bankruptcy for Moses A. Fleming, a BankruptCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1956
- Mullins v. Noland Co.District Court, N.D. Georgia · 1975
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