Legal Opinion
Skogsberg v. Jacobs
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided August 22, 1960No. 18,956Published
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Hall.
The County Court of Chaffee County on April 9, 1958, in proceedings instituted under the “Colorado Mental Health Act,” Session Laws 1957, Chapter 162, adjudicated Annabelle E. Ward and Anthony J. Stark “mentally deficient.” Both were ordered committed and confined in the Colorado State Hospital. Ward and Stark were related as sister and brother.
On April 14, 1958, the court appointed Theo. M. Jacobs conservator of the estates of Ward and Stark. Stark died June 7, 1958, whereupon the court appointed Jacobs administrator of his estate. Ward was the sole heir of Stark.
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