Legal Opinion

Matter of Estate of Bonfils

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided December 15, 1975No. C-604PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lee

Certiorari was granted to review the decision of the court of appeals in In Re Est. of Bonfils, 34 Colo. App. 268, 529 P.2d 340. We reverse.

Petitioners, Donald R. Séawell and Earl R. Moore, as proponents of the will of Helen G. Bonfils, seek to reverse the judgment of the court of appeals which upheld the right of respondent, Edward Mike Davis, to attack in the Denver probate court the decree of divorce entered in the Denver district court, dissolving the marriage between decedent, Helen G. Bonfils, and respondent Davis. If successful in setting aside the divorce decree, Davis, as surviving…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. United States v. ThrockmortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  2. Davidson Chevrolet, Inc. v. City & County of DenverSupreme Court of Colorado · 1958
  3. Fahrenbruch v. People Ex Rel. TaberSupreme Court of Colorado · 1969
  4. Dominguez v. BoothSupreme Court of Colorado · 1937
  5. Perdew v. PerdewSupreme Court of Colorado · 1936

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District v. Cache Creek Mining TrustSupreme Court of Colorado · 1993
  2. McNeece v. McNeeceColorado Court of Appeals · 1977
  3. People v. CoyleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1982
  4. People v. AbleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1980
  5. Matter of Estate of LembachColorado Court of Appeals · 1980

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