Lewis v. Wolfe

HOGAN, Judge.

This is an interpleader action brought to determine who is entitled to surplus funds realized from the sale of church property under the power of sale in a statutory deed of trust. Section 443.410, RSMo 1959, V.A.M.S. Mr. Lewis, as successor trustee, brought the action, but he is merely a stakeholder; the adversaries in the case are the two groups of interpleaded defendants, each of which claims the right to the funds.

At the beginning of the time involved here, the Pentecostal Tabernacle was a small congregational church, meeting in rented quarters. The church was entirely…