Monarch Tile Sales v. Frost National Bank of San Antonio

BARROW, Chief Justice.

This is an interpleader action filed by Trenkelbach & Son, Inc., the general contractor, to determine ownership of the sum of $3,398 owed for performance of a subcontract on a school building at Poth, Texas. Joined as defendants were Trafton Tile Company, the subcontractor; Monarch Tile Sales, the materialman on the subcontract; and Frost National Bank of San Antonio, the assignee of Trafton Tile Company.

Both Frost National Bank and appellant filed answers and cross-actions wherein each asserted claim to said funds on deposit in the registry of the court. No answer was…