Townsend v. Beatrice Cemetery Ass'n
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Nebraska.
1Opinion of the Court
PHILIPS, District Judge.
The appellee, Beatrice Cemetery Association, a corporation of the state of Nebraska, filed its bill inequity against appellant, W. J. Townsend, alleging, in substance, that it owned certain lands described, platted into blocks and lots for the sole purpose of being used as a cemetery, and not with a view to profit; that a large number of bodies had been buried therein; and that it was improving and beautifying the whole premises, to be used for the purpose of the burial of the dead. The bill alleged that in March, 1899, the defendant therein recovered a judgment in the…
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