Springfield Monarch Insurance v. Morse

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Parker, C. J.:

This appeal springs from a petition for the allowance of a demand filed in the probate court of Rush County against the estate of Howard Morse, deceased. The petition was filed by the Springfield Monarch Insurance Company, a corporation, claiming to be subrogated to the rights of the owner of a dwelling, located in the City of La Crosse, on which it had paid fire damage to the owner. The intestate decedent was occupying the dwelling as a tenant at the time of the damage by fire. The claim was properly transferred to the district court for…