HICKERSON v. VESSELS

Supreme Court Case No. 12SC198.

316 P.3d 620 (2014)

2014 CO 2

Alva J. HICKERSON, a/k/a Al J. Hickerson, Petitioner v. Thomas J. VESSELS, Personal Representative of the Estate of Mary Walsh Vessels, a/k/a Mary W. Vessels, a/k/a Mary Agnes Vessels, a/k/a Mary Vessels, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado.

January 13, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew M. Low , John M. Bowlin , Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP, Denver, Colorado, Theodore W. Rosen , Lauren E. Mosse , Theodore W. Rosen, P.C., Denver, Colorado, for Petitioner.

J. Nicholas McKeever Jr. , Sherman & Howard L.L.C., Denver, Colorado, Clifford L. Beem , A. Mark Isley , Beem & Isley, P.C., Denver, Colorado, William E. Brayshaw Denver, Colorado, for Respondent.

En Banc


JUSTICE HOBBS delivered the Opinion of the Court.

¶ 1 We granted certiorari to review the Court of Appeals' judgment in Vessels v. Hickerson, No. 11CA0317, ___ P.3d ____, 2012 WL 503664 (Colo.App. Feb. 16, 2012), which held that the doctrine of laches is not available as a defense to an action for collection of a debt that is timely filed within a statute of limitations period.1 Here, the trial court allowed the laches defense...

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