IN RE WALLACE'S ESTATE

No. 16687.

246 P.2d 894 (1952)

125 Colo. 584

In re WALLACE'S ESTATE. WALLACE v. FIRST NAT. BANK OF COLORADO SPRINGS et al.

Supreme Court of Colorado, en Banc.

June 16, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Murray, Baker & Wendelken and James C. Wieboldt, Colorado Springs, for plaintiff in error.

Horn & Anderson, Colorado Springs, for Weida F. Alston.


JACKSON, Chief Justice.

The question here involved is whether the wife's entry of a homestead right on her husband's home property, followed by the husband's death, can thereafter be asserted against another heir at law of her husband where the widow has been allowed her $2,000 widow's allowance under the law of descent and distribution, and the estate otherwise is solvent.

The case arose when the administrator of the husband's estate filed its petition for...

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