Great Western National Bank v. Hill

Petitioner, Great Western National Bank, hereinafter referred to as the Bank, appeals from an order of the probate court denying its petition for payment of its claim as a preferred creditor against the estate of Robert W. Hill, hereinafter referred to as Hill, and declaring that it did not have a superior interest in proceeds received by the estate from settlement of a certain lawsuit instituted by Hill and others against a third party, the Wolf Corporation.

Hill had been a borrower of the Bank for many years. On December 21, 1973, the Bank filed a claim against his estate for the $30,113.01…