DUNNAM v. STATE FARM MUT. AUTO. INS. CO.

No. 50730.

366 So.2d 668 (1979)

Mrs. Lannell M. DUNNAM, as guardian of the Estate of Charles Henry Butler, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 24, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Covington & Roberts, Larry E. Roberts, Meridian, for plaintiff-appellant.

Eppes & Shannon, Walter W. Eppes, Jr., Meridian, for defendant-appellee.

Before PATTERSON, SUGG and BOWLING, JJ.


PATTERSON, Chief Justice, for the Court:

This appeal arises from a decree of the Chancery Court of Lauderdale County construing the uninsured motorist provisions of a policy issued to Mrs. Lannell Dunnam by State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (hereinafter State Farm). It involves the priority of a subrogation lien of an insurer over the judgment lien of an insured to the assets of an uninsured motorist judgment debtor.

On August 29, 1975, Charles...

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