Thompson v. Pierce

This is an action at law by the brother of a deceased person to recover damages for mental suffering on account of the mutilation of the corpse. A general demurrer to the petition was sustained and the action dismissed. Plaintiff appeals.

In substance the petition alleges that the plaintiff is about 12 years younger than the deceased, who was 50 years of age at the time of his death; that they had always iived in the same home or near each other, and there was a strong affection between them; that the deceased was married, but that a partial separation had taken place between him and his wife,…