Shaff v. Shaff

The plaintiffs in error filed a petition in the county court of Rio Grande county in which they challenged the *185claim of one Madge Shaff to be the widow of John Warren Shaff, deceased. They allege that one Evelyn McBane Shaff, a former wife of the decedent, is the person having rights in his estate as his widow. It is conceded by all parties that the proceeding now upon review is a collateral attack upon a decree of divorce which was granted to John Warren Shaff, now deceased, in an action for divorce brought by him against Evelyn McBane Shaff. The trial court found for Madge Shaff, and…