Legal Opinion

Swarner v. McIntyre

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided January 14, 1952No. 16,612PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Knauss

An instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of John A. Porter, to whom we hereinafter refer as decedent or by name, was presented for probate by Edith Swarner, sole legatee and devisee thereunder, and herein designated as proponent, or by name. Caveats and objections were filed by several children of a deceased brother, and by the children of a deceased half brother, of decedent. In these caveats it was alleged that decedent was of unsound mind and memory at the time of the execution of the alleged will, and that said instrument was not his voluntary act, but the result of…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. In re the Estate of ShellSupreme Court of Colorado · 1900
  2. Davis v. DavisSupreme Court of Colorado · 1917
  3. Lehman v. LindenmeyerSupreme Court of Colorado · 1909

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Sporer v. HamlinSupreme Court of Colorado · 1962
  2. Sporer v. HamlinSupreme Court of Colorado · 1962

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