Stephenson v. . Duke University

This action was brought to recover damages for the mutilation or autopsy of 'the dead body of a child. The plaintiffs were the child’s parents. The court adjudged in effect that the father may maintain the action and that the complaint does not state a cause of action in behalf of the mother. The plaintiffs appealed; the defendant did not appeal. We therefore treat as conceded the defendant’s satisfaction with the judgment and its acquiescence in the conclusion that the action may be prosecuted by the male plaintiff, and that as to him the complaint states a cause of action. The right to bury…