Golden v. Bartholomew

The legislature in 1937 passed “An act relating to funeral directors and undertakers; to provide for the regulation of *66funeral directing and undertaking” (Laws 1937, ch. 154), which is now chapter 71, art. 32, Comp. St. Supp. 1939. A “funeral director” and “undertaker” is defined as “a person * * * engaged in or conducting the business of * * * (b) Providing for or maintaining a funeral establishment * * *.” So far as material here the act defines a “funeral establishment” as “a place of business * * * devoted to the care and preparation for burial * * * of human dead bodies * * * containing…