Sanders v. Cowan

SHARP, Judge.

Mary Sanders appeals from the decision of the probate court, which held that Virginia Cowan was entitled to reimbursement from Charles Mundell’s estate by *359right of subrogation for the life insurance proceeds of a policy for which she was the designated beneficiary, which were used to pay a debt Mundell owed his first wife, Marjorie. We disagree that subrogation should be allowed in this case because the record clearly indicates that the insured decedent intended that the insurance proceeds be used to pay his debt owed to Marjorie. Therefore, the general rule allowing subrogation…