Filmore v. Reithman
Supreme Court of Colorado
Error to District Court of Arapahoe County, and Appeal from District Court of Arapahoe County. John Septer Filmore, John Norman Filmore, infant heirs of John S. Filmore, Jere Kershow and Charles B. Patterson, who sues as administrator of the estate of Elizabeth M. Kershow, formerly the widow of John S. Filmore, prosecute this writ of error, and John J. Reithman, the defendant in error, appeals. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtElbert, C. J.
The original bill, which was exhibited in the district court on the 7th day of September, A. D. 1875, sets forth the settlement of Denver in the year 1858, the subdivision of land into lots, blocks, etc.; that John S. Filmore, plaintiffs’ ancestor, settled upon the southerly eighty-two and one-half feet of lots 17 and 18, block 46, the premises in controversy, and was long before, and at the time of his death, the bona fide owner of certain buildings situate thereon; the act of congress of May 28, 1864; the death of said Filmore December 25, 1864, leaving plaintiffs, Elizabeth M. Kershow,…
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