Legal Opinion

Stensto v. Sunset Memorial Park, Inc.

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided August 16, 1988No. 53494 to 53496 and 53538PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SMITH, Judge.

All parties 1 have appealed in this court-tried case challenging the actions of Savage, as an individual and a trustee, and the various corporate defendants in the operation of Sunset Memorial Park and Mausoleum, a cemetery.

Grace Stensto is a lot owner in the cemetery. She is also the president of St. Louis Wilbert Vault Company. Wilbert and Nor-walk Vault Company of Missouri are companies engaged in the sale of vaults and crypts exclusively to funeral directors on an “at need” basis (after death). Between them they have approximately 80% of the vault and crypt business in the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Jefferson Parish Hospital District No. 2 v. HydeSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Aspen Skiing Co. v. Aspen Highlands Skiing Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1985
  3. City of Fredericktown v. OsbornMissouri Court of Appeals · 1968
  4. Collins & Herman, Inc.-Welsbach & Associates Division v. St. Louis CountySupreme Court of Missouri · 1985
  5. Powers v. JohnsonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1957

3Cited by5 opinions

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  2. Hamilton v. SpencerMissouri Court of Appeals · 1996
  3. Newcourt Financial USA, Inc. v. Lafayette Investments, Inc.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1999
  4. Kenney v. EmgeMissouri Court of Appeals · 1998
  5. Hanor & Bixler Farms LLC v. Tyson Foods, Inc.District Court, E.D. Missouri · 2025

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