Manufacturers Casualty Insurance v. Wilhelm

Paul Ward, Associate Justice.

This litigation presents a legal question of first impression in this State relative to rights of subrogation. The pertinent facts are not in dispute.

On June 25, 1957, Mrs. Margaret McLaughlin secured a judgment in the Carroll Chancery Court against Milton Wilhelm in the amount of $3,700.00; against Jeanne Luptak in the amount of $1,300.00, and, against the Manufacturers Casualty Insurance Company (hereafter called Company) in the amount of $2,000.00.

A brief explanation of the reasons for the above judgments is necessary. Wilhelm, who was a real estate broker, and…