Bratt v. Cohn

SMART, Judge.

This appeal involves the issue of whether a cemetery operated by a Jewish synagogue since 1907, which has never elected to be governed by the Cemetery Endowed Care Fund Law of Missouri, is subject to regulation as an endowed care cemetery because it established a fund for perpetual care.

Aleck Bratt, the deceased husband of Appellant Anne Bratt, filed suit against the officers, trustees and directors of Sheffield Cemetery, 1 the congregation of Beth Israel Abraham and Voliner (“BIAV”) and the Attorney General of Missouri, alleging that cemetery and synagogue officers were guilty…