Sloan v. Strickler
Supreme Court of Colorado
Error to Arapahoe County Court. On Rehearing. In February, 1874, Thomas M. Sloan died in Arapahoe county, Colorado, leaving a wife, certain children and grandchildren him surviving. At the time of his death he was seized of certain lands in said county, and by his last will and testament he devised certain parcels thereof to his wife, children and grandchildren, respectively, leaving other parcels undevised.
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Error to Arapahoe County Court. On Rehearing. In February, 1874, Thomas M. Sloan died in Arapahoe county, Colorado, leaving a wife, certain children and grandchildren him surviving. At the time of his death he was seized of certain lands in said county, and by his last will and testament he devised certain parcels thereof to his wife, children and grandchildren, respectively, leaving other parcels undevised. His will having been proved, the executors therein named resigned their trust; and his wife, all his children, and one Driscol, the principal creditor of the estate, declining to…
1Per curiam
Upon this rehearing the principal questions presented for our consideration are: (1) Do writs of error lie from the supreme court to the county court in cases of this kind? (2) Was there a May teym of the county court of Arapahoe county for 1877, provided by law, to which a summons issued under section 98, chapter 90, Revised Statutes 18G8, comrhonly called the “Statute of Wills,’'’ might be made returnable? (3) If the foregoing questions be answered affirmatively, were the proceedings sought to be reviewed in this case regular, and was the judgment or decision of the court therein valid, or…
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