Sylvester v. Odom

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• insurance company defendant wrongly persuaded a county justice of the peace to order an autopsy on its insured
• insurance company defendant wrongly persuaded a county justice of the peace to order an autopsy on its insured
• any interference with next-of-kin's right to preserve and bury the body by mutilating it is a wrong for which the family can maintain a cause of action for damages, aff'd, 132 Tex. 280, 121 S.W.2d 986 (1938
• any interfer ence with next-of-kin’s right to preserve and bury the body by mutilating it is a wrong for which the family can maintain a cause of action for damages, aff'd, 182 Tex. 280, 121 S.W.2d 986 (1938

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