An unsecured creditor of an insolvent trustee cannot use the equitable remedy of subrogation to the trustee's right of indemnity to gain priority over other unsecured creditors, even by commencing proceedings to enforce that right. Creditors of an insolvent trust rank pari passu where their equities are equal. The mere commencement of subrogation proceedings confers no proprietary interest or priority.
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