Haney v. Stamper

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Stites

Affirming.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Morg’an Circuit Court sustaining a demurrer to the petition filed by appellant, J. D. Haney, against the appellees, Joe C. Stamper and Lizzie Frances Haney. Appellant is a resident of Oklahoma. Appellee Lizzie Frances Haney is the widow of appellant’s deceased brother, and appellee Stamper is her brother-in-law. Appellant brought this action to recover $2,500 for his “great mental suffering and anguish” because the widow, after being requested to do so over long distance telephone, would not defer the burial…