Lusk v. Patterson
Colorado Court of Appeals
Error to the District Court of Arapahoe County. Plaintiff in error was plaintiff below. He was for some years (and perhaps still is) a lawyer engaged in practice in Washington, D. C. The suit was brought to recover $6,000 and over for professional services. Prior to the year 1864 John S. Fillmore was an assistant paymaster of the government.
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Error to the District Court of Arapahoe County. Plaintiff in error was plaintiff below. He was for some years (and perhaps still is) a lawyer engaged in practice in Washington, D. C. The suit was brought to recover $6,000 and over for professional services. Prior to the year 1864 John S. Fillmore was an assistant paymaster of the government. In that year he. died intestate, leaving an estate principally in land in the city of Denver, and leaving as heirs, his widow, Elizabeth M., and two sons. At the time of his death he was indebted in a large amount to the government for moneys that had…
1Opinion of the CourtReed, J.
No opinion was filed by the trial court. The finding was general, consequently there is nothing to show upon what issues the judgment was based. From the time of the allowance of the claim by the probate court to the bringing of this suit was about thirteen years, during which no steps whatever were taken to secure the payment of the claim. From 1868 to the time of her death in 1876, Mrs. Kershow, at whose instance the claim was allowed, was administratrix. From 1877 to his discharge in 1885 the defendant, Patterson, was administrator, and during all these years the claim remained in abeyance…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Gray v. Palmer & EatonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1858
- Carr v. CaldwellCalifornia Supreme Court · 1858
- Lusk v. KershowSupreme Court of Colorado · 1892
- Bates v. VarySupreme Court of Alabama · 1867
- Enos v. CappsIllinois Supreme Court · 1850
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