Legal Opinion

Dries v. Evans Cemetery Co.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 26, 1933No. Appeal 142PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Trexler, P. J.,

Plaintiffs brought this bill in equity to enjoin the defendant, the Charles Evans Cemetery Company, a corporation not for profit, from enforcing a rule adopted January 12,1931, which provided: “Resolved that every interment shall be made enclosed in an outer wall of stone, brick or concrete, the actual installation of which shall be made by the employees of the cemetery at cost.” Prior to the adoption of the rule there seemed to be no particular regulation as to the form of interment; it might be merely a plain pinewood box or some more modern form of sepulcher. In…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Spayd v. Ringing Rock LodgeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1921
  2. Malone v. Lancaster Gas Light & Fuel Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1897
  3. Commonwealth v. Philadelphia Electric Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1930
  4. Hockfield v. Woloderker Building & Loan Ass'nSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1924
  5. Arbour v. Pittsburg Produce Trade Ass'nSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1910

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Wing v. Forest Lawn Cemetery Assn.California Supreme Court · 1940
  2. State Ex Rel. Benson v. Lakewood CemeterySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1936
  3. Gingrich v. Blue Ridge Memorial GardensSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
  4. Campbell v. Neshannock Presbyterian ChurchSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1943
  5. Slifer v. Greenmount Cemetery Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1949

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