Legal Opinion
Dueitt v. Dueitt
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
Decided January 3, 1991No. 01-90-00568-CVPublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
EVANS, Chief Justice.
This appeal concerns the right of a surviving spouse to control the disposition of the body of the deceased spouse after interment.
The decedent, John P. Dueitt, died on June 6, 1988, and his widow, appellee, Ina Mae (June) Dueitt, caused his body to be buried in Rest Haven Memorial Park, a cemetery operated by appellee, Earth-man’s, Inc. Because Earthman’s regulations did not permit Mrs. Dueitt to place a memorial over her husband’s grave site, she, acting upon Earthman’s suggestion, caused her husband’s body to be moved and reinterred in another section of the…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Price v. Estate of AndersonTexas Supreme Court · 1975
- Public Utility Com'n of Texas v. CoferTexas Supreme Court · 1988
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3Cited by34 opinions
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- Estate of C.M. v. S.G.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1996
- Miller v. Estate of Self, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2003
- Waste Disposal Center, Inc. v. Larson, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2002
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