Teasley v. Thompson

Grace Thompson, appellee, was the mother of Inez Nelson Cabe, wife of Jim Cabe. Inez Cabe died June 6, 1940, in the home of her mother in Luxora, Arkansas.

September 9,1940, Grace Thompson sued appellants, undertakers, alleging in her complaint, that appellants, by false representations, had secured the body of her deceased daughter for burial and had unlawfully retained possession for a period of seven days, over appellee’s protest; that during this time the body deteriorated and was mutilated while in appellant’s possession, and that she was deprived of the opportunity to give her daughter’s…