Commonwealth v. Muehlman

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• allowing jury to consider injury to plaintiffs feelings when measuring damages in cases involving unlawful removal of a body
• enhancing damages award for injured feelings upon evidence of a wil ful or wanton trespass
• in measuring damages in cases involving unlawful removal of a body, the jury may consider the injury to the plaintiff’s feelings
• \The gist of the action is the breaking and entering of the plaintiff's close\
• “though the heir has a property in the monuments and escutcheons of his ancestors, yet he has none in their bodies or ashes; nor can he bring any civil action against such as indecently at least, if not impiously, violate and disturb their remains when dead and buried”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).