Practice question
A stakeholder facing adverse claims to the same fund, claiming no disqualifying interest and satisfying Rule62’s conditions, seeks to compel the claimants to litigate entitlement. Counsel insists all fund cases must be ordinary debt collection. Which procedural framework directly addresses these facts?
- The special civil action of interpleader
- Only an ordinary tax appeal
- Only an estate proceeding regardless of death
- Only a criminal theft trial
- Only an administrative licensing application
Legal references
- Rules of Court Rules1,62–63,67 and69: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_1-71_civil.html
- Rules of Court special proceedings, estate-settlement classification: https://lawphil.net/courts/supreme/rc/rc_72-109_proceedings.html
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