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· 3/24/1955

Smith & Gaston Funeral Directors, Inc. v. Wilson

Citations

  • 79 So. 2d 48
  • 262 Ala. 401
  • 1955 Ala. LEXIS 461

How courts have described this case

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  • allowing the plaintiff to recover mental-anguish damages in an action alleging intentional trespass to a grave
  • allowing the plaintiff to recover mental-anguish damages in an action alleging intentional trespass to a grave
  • \That mental anguish is recoverable in an action of trespass to property committed `under circumstances of insult or contumely' is well recognized\

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Judges: Goodwyn, Livingston, Lawson, Simpson

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