Boyden v. Bragaw
New Jersey Court of Chancery
On final hearing.
1Opinion of the Court
Bird, V. C.
This bill is filed to obtain a mandatory injunction requiring the defendant to remove a tombstone which he erected upon a. plot of ground belonging to the complainant in a cemetery. The defendant’s wife, who was sister to the complainant, having died, the complainant, after considerable delay and hesitation, consented that the defendant might bury her in said plot. After she was so buried, upon application by the defendant, the complainant consented that he might place gravestones to mark the location of the grave. Instead of placing the ordinary slab or stone to mark the grave,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Meagher v. DriscollMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
- Hughson v. HughsonSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1916
- Smith v. ThompsonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1880