Morochnick v. First Ludmir Benevolent Society of New York, Inc.
New York Supreme Court
1Opinion of the CourtMario Pittoni, J.
This petition by the husband, joined in by all the children, for an order authorizing and permitting the husband to remove the body of his deceased wife from the present cemetery plot to a plot in another cemetery is granted. (Membership Corporations Law, § 89; Matter of Currier, 300 N. Y. 162, 164.)
In the Currier case, the court, by Judge Fuld, said (pp. 164-165): “ Here, only the cemetery corporation, at best a formal party, opposes the removal. Those most closely bound to the deceased by ties of love and affection would have her body moved from the mausoleum to a grave close by. Arid we…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Matter of Currier (Woodlawn Cemetery)New York Court of Appeals · 1949
3Cited by2 opinions
- Weinstein v. MintzNew York Supreme Court · 1990
- In re BakstAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1976