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'A' deposits a box of jewels with 'B' as his agent. 'C' alleges that the jewels were wrongfully…

Per the illustration to s.88 CPC, where B holds the jewels purely as A's agent, B "cannot institute an Inter-pleader suit against 'A' and 'C'." when C alleges that A…

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'A' deposits a box of jewels with 'B' as his agent. 'C' alleges that the jewels were wrongfully obtained by 'A' from him and claims them from 'B'. Here 'B'

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Per the illustration to s.88 CPC, where B holds the jewels purely as A's agent, B "cannot institute an Inter-pleader suit against 'A' and 'C'." when C alleges that A wrongfully obtained them, because an agent cannot interplead against his principal.

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