Legal Opinion
Graceland Park Cemetery Company v. City of Omaha
Nebraska Supreme Court
Decided March 30, 1962No. 35172PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCarter, J.
This is an appeal by the City of Omaha from a judgment awarding damages to the Graeeland Park Cemetery Company for a taking and damaging of its property in a condemnation proceeding under the power of eminent domain.
The plaintiff is a private corporation owning and operating a cemetery in Omaha. It issued 367 shares of stock of which Duane Beavers, the treasurer of the company and the superintendent of the cemetery, is the owner of 254 shares. The cemetery contains 30 acres of land which was purchased in 1910. It is located in the city of Omaha, the legal description of which is stated in the…
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- St. Agnes Cemetery v. State of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1957
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