Johnson v. Staats-Wilks

G-. W. Staats, a resident of Montrose, Colorado, died May 17, 1917. He was the owner of a house and two lots in Montrose, and a forty acre farm near the city. Defendant in error, F. A. Staats-Wilks, was his wife and living with him at the time of his death. Plaintiffs in error are his children of a former marriage. On May 3, two weeks prior to his death, he executed two deeds conveying the real estate; one to his wife, defendant in error, for the town property, and the other conveying the farm to his children, plaintiffs in error. After his death, the deeds were recorded and the grantees in…