5 Colo. 337 | Colo. | 1880
Two motions, both filed on the same day, are pleadings in this cause—one on the part of plaintiffs in error, to reverse the decree below without a submission of the cause, on the ground that this court held in another proceeding involving the validity of this decree, that it was void for want of jurisdiction;
On the part of defendant in error a motion is interposed to dismiss the writ of error, because not sued out in time, and because no writ of error lies in this cause.
The motion to dismiss the writ of error has precedence. The record disclosed that the complainant below, James W. Clayton, since deceased, obtained a decree of divorce from the plaintiff in error, Sarah A. Clayton, his .wife, at the April term, 1868, of the Gilpin County District Court. Said Sarah A. Clayton, and Lillie W. and Jessie L. Clayton, the latter described in the writ as daughters o.f Sarah A. Clayton, and heirs-at-law of James W. Clayton, deceased, have sued out' the writ of error. The writ bears date February 24, 1880.
So far as Sarah A. Clayton is concerned, her right to the writ is clearly barred by lapse of time. In respect to the
The motion to dismiss the writ of error must prevail.
Writ dismissed.
Clayton et al. v. Clayton's Heirs, etc., 4 Col. 410.