Noble v. Carruthers

This is a bill of interpleader, to which one of the defendants filed an answer, and the other a demurrer. The demurrer was sustained and the suit dismissed. This is an appeal from that decree.

The bill of complaint alleges that the complainants, owners of a certain valuable piece of real estate in Evanston, and being desirous of renting it, gave authority to the defendant, Arthur S. Carruthers & Co., a real estate firm, and, also, authority to the defendant Robert L. Leffingwell, a real estate dealer, to procure a tenant therefor.

It is further alleged that a tenant was obtained by one of the…