Langham v. Herrington

BOWLING, Justice,

for the Court:

We consider here the authority of a chancellor to enjoin the removal of a body from its cemetery grave and place it in another cemetery. Appellees, sister and children of the deceased, secured an injunction from the Chancery Court of Smith County, prohibiting the appellant, widow of deceased, from disinterring and removing the body.

The original burial was at a place chosen by all parties.

The disposition of this appeal is controlled by the case of Hood v. Spratt, 357 So.2d 135 (Miss.1978). That opinion discusses fully the factors to be considered by the lower…