Gardner v. Swan Point Cemetery
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Bill in Equity to compel the replacement of a body removed from a burial lot.
1Opinion of the CourtStiness, J.
According to the averments of the bill, Jonathan M. Wheeler, late of Cranston, gave by will to the respondent, Laura Wheeler, all the residue of his estate, real and personal, a part of which was his burial lot in Swan Point Cemetery. His mother, Barbara Wheeler, a son by his former marriage, Oscar Wheeler, his first wife and others were buried in the front part of the lot, and he was also buried there, in a space reserved for himself, and these dispositions were made by his express direction. A contest of. the will, by the complainant, resulted in the withdrawal of opposition, upon the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Sohier v. Trinity ChurchMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
- Mitchell v. . ThorneNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- Richards v. Northwest Protestant Dutch ChurchNew York Supreme Court · 1859
- Thompson v. HickeyNew York Supreme Court · 1880
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- Anderson v. AchesonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1907
- Hines v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1911
- Roanoke Cemetery Co. v. GoodwinSupreme Court of Virginia · 1903
- Mills v. CAROLINA CEMETERY PARK CORPORATIONSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1955
- Barbara Sullivan v. Catholic Cemeteries, Inc.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1974
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