Legal Opinion
Jefferson County Burial Soc. v. Scott
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided March 23, 1933No. 6 Div. 308PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOULDIN, Justice.
Action for damages for tort in wrongfully detaining the dead hody of a daughter from the mother, as lawful custodian thereof.
This is the third appeal. For former decisions, see Jefferson County Burial Society v. Scott, 218 Ala. 354, 118 So. 644; Id. (second appeal) 223 Ala. 384, 136 So. 788.
On the trial now under review the complaint was amended so as to recite: “ * * * And plaintiff was put to much trouble and inconvenience in her efforts to obtain said dead daughter from the defendant and was caused to spend the sum of to-wit ten dollars to the defeiidant in order to obtain…
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