In Re Estate of Dex

BECK, Judge:

The issue in this case is whether, in the absence of contrary testamentary intent, the beneficiary of a specific bequest of personal property takes the property subject to a security interest. We hold that in the absence of a contrary intent the personal property passes to the beneficiary subject to the security interest.

Appellant Irene Miller challenges the trial court’s decree that the bequest of a Lincoln Continental automobile passed to her subject to a $9500 lien against the car. The trial court held that the will and codicil in question were clear and unambiguous, and that…