Arkansas Burial Ass'n v. Dixon Funeral Home, Inc.

John E. Jennings, Judge.

Between 1982 and 1985, appellee Dixon Funeral Home, Inc., (Dixon) provided funeral services for 17 people. Ten of them had burial certificates written by Shinn Burial Association (Shinn) and seven had burial certificates written by Arkansas Burial Association (Arkansas Burial). Each certificate provided that the burial association’s affiliated funeral home would provide, on the death of the certificate holder, funeral services of a stated value ranging from $200.00 to $500.00.

In each case Dixon took an assignment of the certificate from the family of the deceased and…