Bechtel v. Sheafer
Citations
- 117 Pa. 555
- 11 A. 889
- 1888 Pa. LEXIS 443
Syllabus
<p>1. Though, as a general rule, a defendant seeking relief by an inter-pleader, must not have incurred any independent liability to either rival claimant, yet the mere fact that a contract relation existed with the plaintiff, will not necessarily deprive the defendant of the right to such relief.</p> <p>2. Where the defendant is a mere stakeholder, with no rights of his own to be litigated, and the suit is to recover money claimed by rivals as between whom the defendant has no interest, it is not error upon his petition to call in the claimant not on the record and to award an issue to determine the right to the fund.</p>
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- reminding trial judges that they áre not' empowered to enforce the discovery rules until a discovery demand has been made and refused
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Judges: Clark, Gordon, Green, Mercur, Paxson, Sterrett, Trunkey
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