Chenoworth v. Flannery

STOKES, Justice.

This is a proceeding in the nature of a bill of interpleader, instituted by Republic Safe Deposit Company, a corporation, *481against the appellant, James Chenoworth, and the appellee, Katherine Flannery. It was alleged by the safe deposit company that both of these parties were laying claim to the contents of a safety deposit 'box which the plaintiff had theretofore leased or rented to their ancestors; that the plaintiff was an impartial stakeholder, and it tendered into court the box and its contents, the latter to be disposed of- in such manner as might be decreed by the court…