Ohio Civ.R. 22

Persons having claims against the plaintiff may be joined as defendants and required to interplead

when their claims are such that the plaintiff is or may be exposed to double or multiple liability.

It is not ground for objection to the joinder that the claims of the several claimants or the titles on

which their claims depend do not have a common origin or are not identical but are adverse to and

independent of one another, or that the plaintiff avers that he is not liable in whole or in part to any

or all of the claimants. A defendant exposed to similar liability may obtain such interp leader by

way of cross-claim or counterclaim. The provisions of this rule supplement and do not in any way

limit the joinder of parties permitted in Rule 20.

In such an action in which any part of the relief sought is a judgment for a sum of money or the

disposition of a sum of money or the disposition of any other thing capable of delivery, a party

may deposit all or any part of such sum or thing with the cour t upon notice to every other party

and leave of court. The court may make an order for the safekeeping, payment or disposition of

such sum or thing.