Editing Interpleader (section)

===Origins in common law and equity===
Interpleader had its origins as a civil procedure at [[common law]], which was later adopted and expanded by the [[Court of Chancery]] in its [[Equity (law)|equitable]] [[jurisprudence]]. The common law procedure became obsolete over time and fell into disuse, but it remained active in the courts of equity.{{sfn|Maclennan|1901|pp=5-6}}

It originally applied to [[bailee]]s subject to multiple actions of [[detinue]],{{sfn|Maclennan|1901|p=6}} and [[privity]] was required either between the parties or in detinue, in order for the defendant to be able to sue for [[garnishment]].{{sfn|Maclennan|1901|p=7}}

In contrast, the equitable bill of interpleader required that:

# The same thing, debt, or duty must be the ''res'' claimed by all the claimants;
# All the adverse titles or claims must be dependent or derived from a common source;
# The stakeholder must not have or claim any interest it the ''res'', 
# The stakeholder must have incurred no independent liability to any claimant, i.e. he must be perfectly indifferent between them.{{sfn|Maclennan|1901|p=11}}