Maier

The plaintiff Maier, being indebted in the sum of $2898.90 for sheep purchased by him from one Nellis, and conflicting claims being made upon him for the money by several creditors of Nellis, he instituted this action against said creditors and Nellis to compel them to interplead concerning their several pretensions. This being done, after trial the court entered judgment awarding the fund (which Maier had then paid into court) to certain of the defendants who had summoned Maier as garnishee in the course of actions prosecuted by them, respectively, against Nellis. By such determination of the court the demands of Haas, Baruch & Co., a copartnership, and of defendant Perkins are to be first paid, and the fund is sufficient to satisfy them in full; the residue thereof is to be paid to defendant Boyce, and is not sufficient to pay the whole of his claim.

Defendants Freeman, Kimball and Hoskins constitute a copartnership engaged in business in the territory of Arizona, under the firm name of the “Arizona Central Bank,” they having complied with the laws of the territory respecting fictitious names of partnerships, and *11 being authorized to carry on business under that name. They…