89 N.J. Eq. 283 | New York Court of Chancery | 1918
This bill is in aid of proceedings at law and in effect is in the nature of a bill of interpleader to settle rival claims to a fund. All parties in interest are joined in the suit, and in the circum
The cross-bill will be permitted to stand as an answer and as a petition for permission to j)ay the money into court and to be discharged. Such is the practice that should have been followed. A decree may be entered, as moved, that the policy be surrendered and the company be absolved from further liability thereon, and that it be dismissed from the suit. As the company was brought into court and required to answer, not because of any default on its part, it is entitled to its costs. A counsel fee of $50 will be allowed out of the fund, to be taxed as part of the costs, and to be eventually restored by the unsuccessful party.