Legal Opinion

Donohue v. Fitzsimmons

New Jersey Court of Chancery

Decided November 17, 1923PublishedCited by 6 opinions

On bill, &c. '

1Opinion of the Court

Foster, Y. C.

The bill in this case seeks to prevent the removal of a headstone erected at the grave of George C. Brumer, in the cemetery of the Holy Sepulchre, in Newark.

The facts developed at the hearing are that on May 18th, .1894, Mrs. Mary F. McHugh received from the cemetery a certificate which recited that the cemetery had received from her $70, “being amount of purchase-money of lot No. 367, section I, in the cemetery of the Holy Sepulchre.”

Mrs. McHugh was the mother of the complainant Mrs. Donohue, and of. the defendant Mrs. Fitzsimmons, and also of Peter and Daniel McHugh, at the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Mitchell v. . ThorneNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
  2. Thompson v. DeedsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1895
  3. Toppin v. MoriartyNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1899

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Di Cristofaro v. Laurel Grove Memorial ParkNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1957
  2. Johnson v. Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery Ass'nSupreme Court of Iowa · 1943
  3. Slifer v. Greenmount Cemetery Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1949
  4. Sherman v. GraySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1954
  5. Luttenberger v. Restland Memorial Park Ass'nNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1958

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