Lamm v. Shingleton

Civil action bottomed on two alleged causes of action: (1) for damages for breach of contract to conduct the funeral and inter the body of plaintiff's deceased husband, and (2) for damages for breach of warranty in the sale of a vault.

Plaintiff's first husband, Larry Waddell, died 3 August, 1946. She employed the defendant undertakers to conduct the funeral and purchased from them a casket and vault. The vault was composed of two sections: a base on which the casket rested and a metal cover or lid which fitted over the casket and locked to the base with ratchet locks at each end. The…