Legal Opinion

Tonella v. Fishkill Rural Cemetery

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided April 15, 1930PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Judgment unanimously affirmed, with costs. While we are "of opinion that the action was not properly brought by the plaintiffs’ testator, all the parties are now before the court and this action in equity may be determined upon the present pleadings. In effect the action is one on behalf of defendant Schrader. Upon the facts presented at the trial, we are of opinion that the cemetery was not warranted in preventing the erection of the mausoleum. In addition to the findings upon which this judgment is predicated, we find that the plaintiffs’ testator proceeded with diligence in the performance…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Tonella v. Fishkill Rural CemeteryNew York Supreme Court · 1929

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Oatka Cemetery Ass'n v. CazeauAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1934
  2. Ez Achaim Society, Inc. v. CohenNew York Supreme Court · 1958
  3. Fromer v. ShientagNew York Supreme Court · 1959
  4. Wunderlin v. Lutheran CemeteryNew York Supreme Court · 1966

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