Legal Opinion
Smith & Gaston Funeral Directors, Inc. v. Wilson
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided March 24, 1955No. 6 Div. 685PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOODWYN, Justice.
Maude Gray Wilson, plaintiff below and appellee here, brought action against appel- •'laht, Smith and Gaston Funeral Directors, Inc., to recover damages growing out of an alleged trespass upon the grave of plaintiff’s husband. The suit was commenced on January 24, 1952.
The case was tried on counts A, B, C, •D, E, and F which charge the defendant with trespassing upon a lot or plot of land in the Grace Plill Cemetery in which plaintiff’s deceased husband, Eli Gray, was buried in 1937. The suit seeks recovery of damages for mental anguish as well as punitive damages.; For the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Bessemer Land & Improvement Co. v. JenkinsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1895
- Mattingly v. HoustonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1909
- B. F. Goodrich Co. v. HughesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1940
- Smith & Gaston Funeral Directors, Inc. v. DeanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1955
- Holder v. Elmwood CorporationSupreme Court of Alabama · 1936
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