McEntee v. Bonacum
Nebraska Supreme Court
Appeal from the district court for Lancaster county. Proceedings in eqnity to perpetually enjoin the defendants from interfering with, the removal of a dead body from Mount Calvary Cemetery. Heard below before Coknish, J. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Ames, C.
At the times hereinafter mentioned Mount Calvary Cemetery was a tract of land in the vicinity of the city of Lincoln, in-this state, set apart as a burial place for the communicants of the Roman Catholic church.and their relatives, the legal title to the tract being in the defendant, the Rev. Thomas Bonacum, as bishop of the diocese, and previously in his predecessor in office. Edward P. Cagney, now deceased, was the son of the plaintiff Catherine Mc-Entee by a former husband, and the'brother of the plaintiff Marista Cagney, and a half-brother to David C. McEntee, son of Catherine. So…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Meagher v. DriscollMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
- Weld v. WalkerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1881
- O'Donnell v. SlackCalifornia Supreme Court · 1899
- Wynkoop v. WynkoopSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1861
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- Brake v. Mother of God's CemeteryCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1933
- Thompson v. PierceNebraska Supreme Court · 1914
- Wales v. WalesCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1936
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