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STATE v. GRIFFITH'S ESTATE

Nos. 17342, 17343.

275 P.2d 945 (1954)

STATE of Colorado, for the State Department of Public Welfare, Plaintiff in Error, v. ESTATE of Alice May GRIFFITH, also known as Alice M. Griffith and Alice Griffith, Deceased, and David B. Richeson, Public Administrator, as Administrator thereof, Defendants in Error. JEFFERSON COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE, Plaintiff in Error, v. ESTATE of Alice May GRIFFITH, also known as Alice M. Griffith and Alice Griffith, Deceased, and David B. Richeson, Public Administrator, as Administrator thereof, Defendants in Error.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearings Denied November 15, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Duke W. Dunbar, Atty. Gen., Frank A. Wachob, Deputy Atty. Gen., Robert S. Wham, Asst. Atty. Gen., for plaintiff in error State of Colorado.

Mansur Tinsley, Lakewood, for plaintiff in error Jefferson County Department of Public Welfare.

David B. Richeson, Edgewater, for defendants in error.

HOLLAND, Justice.

Due to the similarity of the subject involved, the two cases appearing on the title page are consolidated for purposes of review. It is made plain that double recovery is not sought, and the State of Colorado filed its claim in the estate involved as a matter of security against a possible determination that the county welfare department is not a part of the sovereign, and for that reason be denied recovery.

Alice May Griffith, a resident...

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