Clark v. Smith

BATEMAN, Justice.

The appellees, surviving husband and children of Annie Ruth Smith, sued the appellant C. J. Clark, an undertaker, for damages resulting from his alleged mishandling of Mrs. Smith’s body following her death. They claim damages for mental anguish and physical suffering. All findings of the jury were favorable to appellees, most of which findings formed the basis of the judgment from which all parties appealed. The appeals were consolidated. The parties will be designated herein as they were in the trial, or by their surnames.

On the night of October 1, 1967 Mrs. Smith suffered a…