Estate of Buzzelle v. Colorado State Hospital

Error is charged to the denial by the Probate Court of Denver County of a set-off against a claim by the Colorado State Hospital in the Estate of Robert B. Buzzelle, Ward. We find no error and therefore affirm.

Robert B. Buzzelle hád been adjudicated á mental incompetent in the year 1956. He spent intermittent periods in'the state hospital for treatment of his mental illness until June 26, 1963, when he was granted a conditional release. Thereafter, on January 16, 1968, an order of competency was .entered by the court.

The Colorado State Hospital made claim for $4,691.88 in Buzzelle’s estate…