State v. Estate of Griffith

Due to the similarity of the subject involved, the two cases appearing on the title page are consolidated for purposes of review. It is made plain that double recovery is not sought, and the State of Colorado filed its claim in the estate involved as a matter of security against a possible determination that the county welfare department is not a part of the sovereign, and for that reason be denied recovery.

Alice May Griffith, a resident of Jefferson county, died intestate September 28, 1952. Beginning in May of 1947, she was the recipient of old age pension benefits from the State of…