Legal Opinion

Estes v. Woodlawn Memorial Park, Inc.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee

Decided September 22, 1989PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

TODD, Presiding Judge.

The plaintiff, A.N. Estes, Jr., has appealed from a nonjury judgement dismissing his suit seeking the disinterment of the remains of his deceased wife and daughter from a plot in Woodlawn Memorial Park for reinterment in Mt. Olivet Cemetery.

As would be expected, the interrelationships of families are involved in the present controversy.

Mae Binkley and Minnie Binkley were sisters. Mae married plaintiff and became Mae Binkley Estes. Nettie Sue Estes was born to this marriage. Minnie married a man named Morris and became Minnie Binkley Morris. Virginia Morris was…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Pettigrew v. PettigrewSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1904
  2. Gray v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1908
  3. Burnett v. SurrattCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1934
  4. Campbell v. HenleyTennessee Supreme Court · 1937
  5. Sacred Heart of Jesus Polish National Catholic Church v. SoklowskiSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1924

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. State Ex Rel. Commissioner of Transportation v. Medicine Bird Black Bear White EagleCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2001
  2. Mitchell v. ArchibaldCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1998
  3. Linda F. Seals v. H & F, Inc.Tennessee Supreme Court · 2010
  4. Robert Crawford, Sr. v. J. Avery Bryan Funeral Home, Inc.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 2007
  5. Linda F. Seals v. H & F, Inc.Tennessee Supreme Court · 2010

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