Butler v. Phillips
Supreme Court of Colorado
Error to the County Court of the City and County of Denver. Hon. Henry V. Johnson, Judge. Proceedings in the administration of the estate of John C. Bntler, deceased, in which a claim in favor of William M. Phillips was allowed against the estate. Prom the order allowing such claim, George W. Bntler, as administrator, brings error. Decision en banc.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Maxwell
This is a writ of error to an order of the county-court of the city and county of Denver, Hon. Henry V. Johnson, judge presiding, allowing a claim against the estate of a decedent.
Plaintiff in error attacks the jurisdiction of the county court of the city and county of Denver and the right of Hon. Henry V. Johnson, who presided in the county court at the trial of this case, to sit as a judge of said court.
The question thus presented is important, as upon its determination depends the validity of a vast number of orders, judgments and decrees made and entered by Judge Johnson during his…
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