Belond v. Rayburn

Citations

• 38 Wash. 406
• 80 P. 553
• 1905 Wash. LEXIS 1185

Syllabus

<p>Interpleader—Action by Tenant Indebted eob Rent Against Garnishee oe Bandlobd—Complaint—Stjettciency. A complaint in an action of interpleader, brought by a tenant who was indebted for rent, against his landlord and the landlord’s creditors, and one A, and bringing into court the amount of rent admitted to be due, does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action, where it appears therefrom that the plaintiff had been garnished by the creditors, and a judgment recovered against him for a certain sum, and that immediately after the trial, the landlord notified plaintiff of a sale of his interests to ja and demanded payment of the same as A’s attorney; since the creditors could not he compelled to relitigate their right to judgment in the garnishment proceedings, and if no cause of action is stated against the creditors, none is stated against the other defendants.</p>