Legal Opinion

Neighbors v. Neighbors

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided November 29, 1901PublishedCited by 27 opinions

Case 13 — Action by Mrs. Rena Neighbors against J. R. Neighbors and Others to be Allowed to Disinter and Remove the Body of Her Husband APPEAL FROM HARDIN CIRCUIT COURT. 3'odgment for Plaintiffs and Defendants appeal.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion of the court by

CHIEF JUSTICE PAYNTER

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Reversing.

W. C. Neighbors was the husband of the appellee Bena Neighbor®, and the father of her coappellees. He died November 30, 1888, and was buried in the Catholic Cemetery near Elizabethtown. He owned a lot in the cemetery in which he wa® buried, and by the terms of his will all of his property went to his widow, including the cemetery lot. Mrs. Neighbors lives about nine miles from the cemetery where his remain® were buried, and it is inconvenient, if not impossible, for her to give his grave such attention as she desires to and should be…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Larson v. ChaseSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1891
  2. O'Donnell v. SlackCalifornia Supreme Court · 1899

3Cited by27 opinions

  1. Sacred Heart of Jesus Polish National Catholic Church v. SoklowskiSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1924
  2. Morris v. Standard Oil Co.California Supreme Court · 1923
  3. In re Jackson Brick & Tile Co.District Court, E.D. Missouri · 1911
  4. Hardin v. KazeeCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1931
  5. Hickey v. HickeyIndiana Court of Appeals · 1973

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