Cannon v. Williams

Jenkins, Justice.

’’“Whenever 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. If the holder knows all the facts, and the questions of law, under repeated decisions of the courts, are not intricate or debatable, such a petition will not lie (Lassiter v. Bank of Dawson, 191 Ga. 208, 11 S. E. 2d, 910); but it is not incumbent upon the holder “to decide at his peril…