In Re Estate of Colewell

Ben A. Truse filed a claim for $1,400 against the estate of Walt H. Colewell, incompetent. The claim was allowed and the conservator of the estate appeals, contending that the claim was not established by competent evidence.

Felicia Colewell, the wife of the incompetent, was appointed conservator of her husband’s estate on April 28, 1966. The estate included a real estate office and several pieces of income producing property. Roman Posanski, the attorney representing the conservator, asked Truse if he would be interested in collecting the rents and maintaining the general routine of the…