Great American Indemnity Co. v. United States

HUNTER, District Judge.

This is a suit in the nature of a bill of interpleader brought under the terms of 49 Stat. 1096, U.S.C., Title 28, Sections 1335, 1339 and 2361, and under the terms of Rule 22 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C.A., and for a declaratory judgment under the provisions of 49 Stat. 1027, U.S.C., Title 28, Sections 2201 and 2202.

The amount in controversy exceeds $3,000, and there is a diversity of citizenship, not only between the plaintiff and all defendants, but also among the defendants themselves, as is required by the statutes mentioned above.

One of the…