Riverside Memorial Chapel, Inc. v. Albert

Much has been written about the cost of dying. The role of the funeral parlors and the techniques used to encourage those who remain, after the deceased has left our troubled world, to order the most elaborate caskets and funerals have also been much commented upon. This situation can be even more painful when the costs are imposed upon one who claims not to be obligated for them. The case before the court deals with a suit by a funeral parlor against a brother of a deceased for a balance due on a bill for services rendered in the interment of the deceased.

The facts so far as they go are not…