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Jose A. Beltran, Et Al. vs. People's Homesite & Housing Corp.

JOSE A. BELTRAN, ET AL., plaintiffs-appellants, vs. PEOPLE'S HOMESITE & HOUSING CORPORATION, and GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM, defendants-appellees.

G.R. No. L-25138 | 1969-08-28

D E C I S I O N 


TEEHANKEE, J.: 

Appeal on purely questions of law from an order of dismissal of the complaint for interpleader, on the ground that it does not state a cause of action, as certified to this Court by the Court of Appeals. We affirm the dismissal on the ground that where the defendants sought to be interpleaded as conflicting claimants have no conflicting claims against plaintiff, as correctly found by the trial court, the special Civil action of interpleader will not lie. 

This interpleader suit was filed on August 21, 1962, by plaintiffs in their own behalf and in behalf of all residents of Project 4 in Quezon...