Tacoma Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Nadham

Plaintiff, a savings and loan association, instituted an action of interpleader to determine the rights of conflicting claimants to the proceeds of a fund then in its possession. Shortly after the commencement of the action, plaintiff paid the amount of the fund into the registry of the court. The defend ant Arnold Ellwart, as administrator of the estate of Henry C. Burrow, filed an answer to plaintiffs petition, claiming that the fund belonged to that estate. The defendants Ethel L. McClintock Nadham (Tolouse) and Earl G. Tallmadge, her brother, stepchildren of Henry C. Burrow, filed an…