Barnsdall Oil Co. v. Applegate

50 So.2d 197 (1950)

218 La. 572

BARNSDALL OIL CO. et al.

v.

APPLEGATE et al.

No. 39589.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

November 6, 1950.

Rehearing Denied January 9, 1951.

Robert P. Hunter, Curator ad Hoc and Hunter & Hunter, all of Shreveport, for appellants.

W. M. Phillips, W. S. Waller, Shreveport, for appellees.

HAWTHORNE, Justice.

Barnsdall Oil Company et al. instituted an interpleader or concursus proceeding under the provisions of Act 123 of 1922, as amended by Act 242 of 1944, R.S. 13:4811, against the descendants of W. W. Belcher, and deposited in the registry of the court a sum of money in excess…