Kniffen v. Gavin

Lillian Kniffen prosecutes this writ of error to reverse a judgment disallowing three items in her claim against the estate of Timothy EL Foley, deceased.

The parties have been here before. Foley v. Gavin, 76 Colo. 286, 230 Pac. 618; Gavin v. Kniffen, 82 Colo. 448, 261 Pac. 6.

On January 2, 1922, Foley died. Austin Gavin was appointed administrator of the estate. Later, the plaintiff in error, who had been Foley’s bookkeeper and clerk and who- claimed to be his widow, sought, as “Lillian Foley,” the removal of Gavin as administrator and the appointment of herself as administratrix. It was held…