· 9/22/1989
Estes v. Woodlawn Memorial Park, Inc.
Citations
- 780 S.W.2d 759
- 1989 Tenn. App. LEXIS 636
How courts have described this case
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- “Absent an expressed desire of deceased, the surviving spouse and, if no surviving spouse, the next of kin, has the right of custody and burial of the remains of the deceased. 25A C.J.S. Dead Bodies § 3, pp. 491, 492, notes 11, 12.”
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Judges: Todd, Cantrell, Koch
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