Legal Opinion
Caruso v. Abbott
California Court of Appeal
Decided May 27, 1955No. Civ. 16316PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DRAPER, J. pro tem. *
General and special demurrer to amended complaint was sustained without leave to amend. Plaintiffs appeal from judgment entered upon this order.
Appellants are licensed funeral directors doing business in Contra Costa County. They allege that respondent Abbott (not a mortician) is coroner of that county, and that the other 14 respondents are the owners of eight undertaking establishments operating in the county.
The complaint alleges that 30 per cent of all deaths in the county occur under circumstances which require signing of a death certificate by the coroner, pursuant…
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