Dutton v. Brashears Funeral Home

Jim Johnson, Associate Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the Washington County Probate Court allowing a claim for funeral expenses against the estate of Stonewall Jefferson Dutton, deceased.

For reversal appellant contends that the judgment was arbitrary and not supported by the evidence and that the claim should be disallowed because appellant was denied the right to take charge of the body and to arrange for the funeral and further that appellee contracted with volunteers who acted officiously and without interest.

The facts for the most part are undisputed. Stonewall Jefferson…