Legal Opinion

Spencer v. FLINT MEMORIAL PARK ASSN.

Michigan Court of Appeals

Decided September 13, 1966No. Docket 318PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtLesinski, C. J.

Plaintiff is the owner of certain burial rights or right of sepulture in lot 21 of section 1 of the Flint Memorial Park Cemetery which is owned by defendant Flint Memorial Park Association, a Michigan nonprofit corporation.

This suit was brought against the association by plaintiff, a Negro, to enjoin the association from interfering with and refusing to allow plaintiff to bury the body of a Negro tendered by plaintiff for burial in the plot owned by plaintiff. Defendant raised as a defense a restrictive agreement or condition, existing at the time plaintiff purchased the burial plot, which…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Shelley v. KraemerSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
  2. Barrows v. JacksonSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
  3. Ex Parte VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
  4. Hurd v. HodgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
  5. Rice v. Sioux City Memorial Park Cemetery, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Terry v. Elmwood CemeteryDistrict Court, N.D. Alabama · 1969
  2. Marsh v. Flint Board of EducationDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1989
  3. State v. CutnoseNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1975
  4. State v. CutnoseNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1975
  5. Tippins v. City of DadevilleDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 2014

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