Legal Opinion
Blue Mountain Memorial Gardens v. Department of Licensing
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided February 4, 1999No. 17260-1-IIIPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSweeney, J.
— The question here is whether, giving due *40deference to the Cemetery Board’s knowledge and expertise, the Board erred in concluding that the term “interment vault” as used in prearrangement contracts, included commercial grave liners used by Blue Mountain Memorial Gardens. The Board correctly concluded that grave liners were not vaults. We therefore reverse the decision of the Walla Walla County Superior Court which reversed the Board’s suspension of Blue Mountain’s certificate of authority.
Facts
Bill and Virginia Walsh owned Blue Mountain Memorial Gardens until 1989. The Walshes manufactured…
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