Wallace v. First National Bank

246 P.2d 894 (1952)

125 Colo. 584

In re WALLACE'S ESTATE.

WALLACE

v.

FIRST NAT. BANK OF COLORADO SPRINGS et al.

No. 16687.

Supreme Court of Colorado, en Banc.

June 16, 1952.

Murray, Baker & Wendelken and James C. Wieboldt, Colorado Springs, for plaintiff in error.

Horn & Anderson, Colorado Springs, for Weida F. Alston.

JACKSON, Chief Justice.

The question here involved is whether the wife's entry of a homestead right on her husband's home property, followed by the husband's death, can thereafter be asserted against another heir at law of her husband where the widow has been allowed her $2,000 widow's…