Burns v. Burns

This controversy was earlier before this court in Burns v. Burns, 155 Colo. 96, 392 P.2d 662, here referred to as the “former Burns.”

The plaintiff in error here, referred to as Mr. Burns, was the plaintiff in a divorce action. The defendant in error was defendant and is here called Mrs. Burns.

There were incorporated in the divorce decree the provisions of an agreement between the parties made shortly prior to the entry of the interlocutory decree on July 8, 1958. Under these provisions Mr. Burns was to, and did, transfer substantial amounts of property to Mrs. Burns and was to pay her $20,000…