If the party dispute the validity of the supposed encumbrance, the purchaser may, by petition, compel such party and the supposed encumbrancer to interplead, unless the parties produce and file a disclaimer or receipt from such supposed encumbrancer.
Code 1858, § 3312; Shan., § 5061; Code 1932, § 9216; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-2140.
Textbooks. Gibson's Suits in Chancery (7th ed., Inman), § 541.
Law Reviews.
Tennessee and Federal Interpleader (J. Harvey Cameron), 30 Tenn. L. Rev. 609.
Collateral References. 59 Am. Jur. 2d Partition §§ 126-128, 192, 193.
68 C.J.S. Partition §§ 77, 78.
Partition 101.