General Motors Acceptance Corp. v. Hartman

Opinion by

Keller, J.,

This is a sheriff’s interpleader as to the ownership of an automobile. The appellant, use plaintiff in a judgment against Ralph Hartman et ah, issued a writ of fieri facias, under which the sheriff levied on an Oldsmobile coupe as Hartman’s property. The appellee, General Motors Acceptance Corporation, ¡filed its claim of title and ownership, resulting in the award of an issue in sheriff’s interpleader proceedings. 1

At the trial the lower court directed a verdict for .the execution creditor, this appellant. The jury fixed the value of the'automobile at $650. The court…