Gostkowski v. Roman Catholic Church of Sacred Hearts of Jesus & Mary
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtYoung, J.
The action was brought to recover' damages against the defendants for wrongfully causing the remains of plaintiff’s wife to be disinterred and removed from its grave.
The plaintiff, Anthony Gostkowski, with his wife and family, lived in the town of Southampton, Long Island, N. Y. Mrs. Gostkowski was a member and parishioner of the defendant church. She died on July 13, 1931. The plaintiff husband then *641bought a right of burial in a plot in defendant’s cemetery at Southhampton, Long Island, paying fifty dollars therefor, and the remains of his wife were buried therein. Some three weeks later,…
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