Legal Opinion
Newbern v. Chapman Funeral Chapel, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided June 11, 1981No. 61492PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Sognier, Judge.
Chapman Funeral Chapel filed a verified petition seeking recovery of $15,084 from Lonnie G. Newbern and Myrtle Mary Babbitt for the burial of her three sons, her infant grandson and granddaughter who were killed in an automobile accident. Lonnie is Myrtle’s husband and stepfather to her children. Newbern and Babbitt timely filed a handwritten, informal answer signed by both. This answer denied the accuracy of the itemized contract, alleged that blanks in the contract were improperly filled in with an amount not agreed upon, and alleged that Newbern signed the contract in a…
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