Arnold v. Spears

This is a suit for actual and punitive damages against the defendant E. R. Arnold, Sr., doing business as Arnold’s Funeral Service, on account of his alleged refusal to deliver the body of the plaintiff’s deceased son unless and until the purchase price of the casket, embalming and certain other charges made by the funeral home were first paid.

The suit was originally based on the alleged breach of the terms of a burial insurance policy in favor of the plaintiff Mollie Spears and her two sons, Freddie and Willie Spears, and also on the alleged wrongful conduct of the defendant in requiring the…