Legal Opinion
Meyer v. Saint Augustine's Church
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided July 10, 1929PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHinman, J.
The defendant corporation owns and maintains St. Michael’s Cemetery in the town of Stratford; its pastor is the superintendent of the cemetery and has complete control of the operation and maintenance thereof. Only sextons or assistants appointed by him are authorized to open any grave for the purpose of interment. In the cemetery is a driveway, running easterly and westerly, intersected on its southerly side by a footpath eight feet wide. At the northeasterly comer of this driveway and footpath is located burial plot 116, and the lot next southerly, fronting on the pathway, is lot 117.
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