Larson v. Chase
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant Chase (impleaded with Pearl M. Hall) from an order of the district court for Hennepin county, Eooher, J., presiding, overruling his separate demurrer to the complaint in an action to recover $5,000 damages for injuries to plaintiff’s feelings and sensibilities caused bj the defendant’s alleged unlawful dissection of the body of her dead husband.
1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.
This was an action for damages for the unlawful mutilation and dissection of the body of plaintiff’s deceased husband. The complaint alleges that she was the person charged with the burial of the body, and entitled to the exclusive charge and control of the same. The only damages alleged are mental suffering and nervous shock. A demurrer to the complaint, as not stating a cause of action, was overruled, and the defendant appealed.
The contentions of defendant may be resolved into two propositions : First. That the widow has no legal interest in or right to the body of her deceased husband, so…
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