People Ex Rel. Prosser v. Estate of Hadfield

William S. Hadfield, a resident of Logan county, Colorado, died on May 23, 1927, leaving a last will and testament that disposed of a large amount of personal property. No real property was devised or mentioned. An inheritance tax was paid in due course. Some years later the state of Colorado, by its attorney general, filed in the county court of Logan county a petition requesting an order to appraise certain real property as after-discovered assets of the estate, and to assess an additional inheritance tax thereon. The petition in its amended form set forth the above facts, and also alleged…