Oatka Cemetery Ass'n v. Cazeau
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtEdgcomb, J.
This is an action in trespass. Plaintiff, a cemetery corporation which owns and maintains a burial ground in the village of Scottsville, N. Y., has been awarded a money judgment for the damages which it claims to have sustained by reason of the unlawful removal by the defendant of certain tombstones, erected some years ago at the graves of several veterans of the late Civil war.
The monuments in question were old and time-worn; some were broken, and left lying on the ground; one was merely stuck in the earth; others were standing, but were loose, and badly in need of attention. They were…
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