Smith v. Cowell
Supreme Court of Colorado
Error to the District Court of the City and County of Denver. Hon. P. L. Palmer, Judge. Action by Harrison Cowell, Dennis Murto, as administrator of the estate of James F. Cowell, deceased, Adaline C. Sadd, Mabel Cowell, and Frederick Cowell, infant, by Adaline C. Sadd, his next friend, against Frank Guest Smith, Thomas Tunis Smith, Thomas Guilford Smith, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Lila Smith, the unknown heirs of Charles E. Smith, deceased, and W.…
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Error to the District Court of the City and County of Denver. Hon. P. L. Palmer, Judge. Action by Harrison Cowell, Dennis Murto, as administrator of the estate of James F. Cowell, deceased, Adaline C. Sadd, Mabel Cowell, and Frederick Cowell, infant, by Adaline C. Sadd, his next friend, against Frank Guest Smith, Thomas Tunis Smith, Thomas Guilford Smith, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Lila Smith, the unknown heirs of Charles E. Smith, deceased, and W. Moylan Lansdale, as executor and trustee under the will of Charles E. Smith, deceased. From a judgment for plaintiffs,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Campbell
This action was begun in 1900 in the district court of Arapahoe county by the heirs and devisees of William Cowell, deceased,-to quiet title to, and remove an alleged cloud from, a fractional interest *181in certain lots in the city of Denver of which they claim ownership as devisees under his will. The cause of action pleaded is purely equitable and equitable relief only is prayed. The defendants, heirs, personal representatives and devisees of Charles E. Smith, deceased, all of whom are non-residents of Colorado, set up several separate defenses in their answer, only one of which is discussed…
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