interpleader

There is no deposit required to be made with the court for a Rule 22 interpleader action.

The insurance company can file an interpleader action.

There are two specific types of interpleader actions in the United States federal courts.

The bank, unsure of what to do, applied for an interpleader summons and the money was eventually paid into court.

Service: There is no nationwide service of process as in a statutory interpleader action.

Rule 67 deals with funds deposited in court, such as in interpleader actions.

This is the basis for the procedures of interpleader, class action, and the more rarely used Bill of Peace.

The interpleader summons is issued therefore to try to prevent the sheriff from selling off property that belongs to the first party.

In an interpleader action, the party initiating the litigation, normally the plaintiff, is termed the stakeholder.

Rule 22 is known as rule interpleader.

A defendant exposed to similar liability may seek interpleader through a crossclaim or counterclaim.

Rule interpleader provides a remedy for any person who is, or may be exposed to double or multiple liabilities.

The bill of interpleader traditionally required:

See interpleader.

An interpleader action originates when the plaintiff holds property on behalf of another, but does not know to whom the property should be transferred.

United States District Courts have jurisdiction to hear suites in equity began by a bill of interpleader where:

In American practice, certain devices such as joinder, counterclaim, cross-claim and interpleader originated in the courts of equity.

The stakeholder may, however, at trial claim they don't owe money to the claimants at all, since the action can be in the nature of interpleader.

Interpleader is a civil procedure developed under equity jurisprudence, though originally it was derived the interpleader form of action at law.

AIG then filed what is known as an interpleader action on March 31, 2005, which requested that the courts determine the rightful owner of the annuity.

There are specific differences between Statutory Interpleader, and Rule Interpleader:

The GDC can also entertain interpleader causes of action, allowing a party holding something of value to force all competing claimants to litigate which of them has the superior claim.

It allowed a bill of interpleader or a bill in the nature of interpleader to be made as an equitable defense in actions at law under Judicial Code 274b.

At the same time it filed a petition asking for an interpleader, and thereby ascertain who was lawfully entitled to the proceeds, and, further, that it might be allowed to pay amount due into court for benefit of proper party.

The Act allowed an insurance company, or fraternal benefit society subject to multiple claims on the same policy to file a suit in equity by a bill of interpleader in United States District Courts and providing nationwide service of process.