Legal Opinion

In Re Proposed Disinterment of Jarvis

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided April 8, 1953No. 48247Published

1Opinion of the Court

58 N.W.2d 24 (1953)

In re DISINTERMENT OF BODY OF JARVIS.

No. 48247.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 8, 1953.

Rehearing Denied June 12, 1953.

Life & Davis, Oskaloosa, for appellant.

Lehmann, Hurlburt, Blanchard & Cless, Des Moines, appellee pro se.

GARFIELD, Justice.

Attorneys representing Mutual Benefit Health and Accident Association (herein called "the company") filed in the district court of Mahaska county application under sections 141.22 to 141.25, Code, 1950, I.C.A., for an order for disinterment of the dead body of Dr. Fred J. Jarvis for the purpose of holding an autopsy. The application was…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. HoodMississippi Supreme Court · 1920
  2. Estate of Kuhn v. KuhnSupreme Court of Iowa · 1904
  3. Gray v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1908
  4. Wehle v. United States Mutual Accident Ass'nNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
  5. Vilas v. Iowa State Board of Assessment & ReviewSupreme Court of Iowa · 1937

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