Legal Opinion
Jefferson County Burial Soc. v. Scott
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided November 15, 1928No. 6 Div. 920PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFoster, J.
The complaint was copied from that in the case of Southern L. & H. Ins. Co. v. Morgan, 21 Ala. App. 5, 105 So. 161. In that case the cause of action did not consist of withholding a dead body, but of withholding a certificate of death, essential to a permit for its due burial. As pointed out there, the nearest relation may maintain an action for unwarranted interference with the burial of the body. So the unwarranted withholding of the body from such relation will give a cause of action. 17 C. J. 1144; Renihan v. Wright, 125 Ind. 536, 25 N. E. 822, 9 L. R. A. 514, 21 Am. St. Rep. 249 (see…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Renihan v. WrightIndiana Supreme Court · 1890
- Johnston v. CallahanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1905
- Southern Life Health Ins. Co. v. MorganAlabama Court of Appeals · 1925
- Brown v. McKnightSupreme Court of Alabama · 1927
- Wagner v. FreenyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1914
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Levite Undertakers Co. v. GriggsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1986
- Eidson v. Johns-Ridout's Chapels, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1987
- Jefferson County Burial Soc. v. CottonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1930
- Sworski v. SimonsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1940
- Central of Georgia Ry. Co. v. GrahamSupreme Court of Alabama · 1928
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