Rule 2312.Questions of Jurisdiction.

Interpleader borrows the ordinary tools for threshold challenges. Questions of jurisdiction, and of the form or sufficiency of any pleading, are raised in the same manner as in a civil action. No separate motion or procedure applies because the case is an interpleader.

In a civil action those questions come up by preliminary objection under Rule 1028, which lists grounds such as lack of jurisdiction over the subject matter or the person of the defendant, failure of a pleading to conform to law or rule of court, and legal insufficiency of a pleading. The interpleader chapter uses civil-action forms elsewhere too: a claimant’s statement is framed and verified like a complaint under Rule 2309(b), and answers follow civil-action form under Rule 2310(c).