Legal Opinion

Love v. Ætna Casualty & Surety Co.

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided November 25, 1936No. 3019PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

O’QUINN, Justice.

Appellants, Tom Love, Victoria Houston, a feme sole, and Cora Davis, a feme sole, brother and sisters of Orange Love, deceased, brought this suit against the .Etna Casualty & Surety Company, and the .Etna Life Insurance Company to recover damages for the mutilation and unlawful dissection and autopsy performed without their knowledge or consent in and upon *647the dead body of their brother, Orange Love. The Hitna Casualty & Surety Company was by mistake made party defendant, and passed out of the case and will not be further mentioned.

As grounds for recovery, plaintiffs,…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Larson v. ChaseSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1891
  2. Streipe v. Liberty Mutual Life Insurance Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1932

3Cited by18 opinions

  1. SCI Tex. Funeral Servs., Inc. v. NelsonTexas Supreme Court · 2018
  2. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. LoveTexas Supreme Court · 1938
  3. Aetna Life Insurance Co. v. BurtonIndiana Court of Appeals · 1938
  4. In re Certain Asbestos CasesDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · 1986
  5. Terrill v. HarbinCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1964

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