Mitsui & Co. v. El Dorado Oil Works

ST. SURE, District Judge.

Plaintiff, having in its possession the sum of $2,860 under an arbitration award, to which there are adverse claimants, filed a bill of interpleader under the provisions of 28 U.S.C.A. § 41, subd. 26, and deposited the money here to abide the judgment of the Court.

Claimants to the fund, defendants Alexander D. Diamond, El Dorado Oil Works, and President and Directors of the Manhattan Company, each claiming a lien, submitted the case upon an agreed statement of facts. Since submission, through further agreement, the controversy is now between defendants Diamond and El…