Jackson v. Bates

This case comes from the county court of Washington County and involves the non-allowance of three claims against the estate of Clarence F. Haas, deceased. The parties appear here as they appeared in the trial court. On December 23, 1953 Dorcas L. Jackson, the surviving wife of James L. Jackson, deceased, filed her claim in the Haas estate for the wrongful death of her husband; the same day the Colorado Industrial Commission, administering the State Compensation Fund, as. assignee of the cause of action of Blanche McDonald, surviving wife of Wesley A. McDonald, filed a similar claim in the…