Speth v. City of Madison

Plaintiff in her complaint sets forth two causes of action against the city of Madison, one for punitive damages for removal and disturbance of bodies and desecration of tombs, and one for the unlawful sale and subsequent withholding of crypts in a mausoleum. She alleges that she is a grandniece and sole heir of one Charles German, deceased, and as such sole heir, and under the terms of his will, is the owner of crypts Nos. 158 and 162 in a mausoleum in Forest Hill cemetery in the city of Madison; that the mausoleum is privately owned but operated for the benefit of the public as a part of…