Mestjian v. Town of Cerro Gordo

PRESIDING JUSTICE GREEN

delivered the opinion of the court:

On April 13, 1983, plaintiff, Mildred Clarkson Mestjian, filed suit in the circuit court of Piatt County against defendant, the town of Cerro Gordo, seeking a declaratory judgment authorizing “the disinterment of the remains of her father [Gus Clarkson from defendant’s township cemetery] and for the reburial of [the remains] beside his widow in the State of Florida.” The complaint sought, as an alternative remedy, injunctive relief to prevent defendant from interfering with or refusing to permit the disinterment. Lynn Clarkson, a…