Bomar v. Giles

Brought pro se by appellant, the daughter of Dr. Bomar, deceased, against her nephew and his grandson, the suit, based on Jacobus v. Congregation of Children of Israel, 107 Ga. 518, 33 S.E. 853, 73 Am.St.Rep. 141, and similar cases, was to recover damages to plaintiff’s feelings caused by defendant’s willful desecration of her father’s tomb located in the cemetery at Glenwood, Georgia.

Particularized the claim was that, without her knowledge and consent, defendant had changed the position of, and the inscription on, her father’s headstone so that instead of serving as a marker for his grave…