Golston v. Lincoln Cemetery, Inc.
Missouri Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
ANDREW JACKSON HIGGINS, Special Judge.
Action (Circuit Court 767,511) by children and sister of Eva Jane Parker, deceased, for actual and punitive damages for improper burial of decedent. Plaintiffs dismissed as against Lincoln Cemetery, Inc.; and, upon defendants’ motion, the court dismissed the aunt as a plaintiff without prejudice, in favor of the Golston children as closest next of kin. The children each had a verdict for $15,000 actual damages against the undertaker and the cemetery, and $2,000 punitive damages against the undertaker and $10,-000 punitive damages against the cemetery.…
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