O'DEA v. Mitchell

This is an action of tort in eight counts brought by four sons of Patrick J. O’Dea, deceased, for damages in the sum of $100,000 allegedly suffered because of the defendants’ unlawful burial of the decedent. Each of the counts names one of the plaintiffs and one of the defendants. The defendant Mitchell operates a funeral home. The relationship of the defendant Nicholas to the plaintiffs or to the decedent does not appear.

Each count of the declaration alleges that the plaintiff is a son and next of kin to the decedent, that the father died on March 31,1964, that on or about that date the…