SMITH AND GASTON FUNERAL DIRECTORS v. DEAN

6 Div. 637.

80 So.2d 227 (1955)

SMITH and GASTON FUNERAL DIRECTORS, Inc. v. Alfred DEAN et al.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied May 26, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. P. Benton, Fairfield, and Wm. L. Clark, Birmingham, for appellant.

Wm. B. McCollough and Kingman C. Shelburne, Birmingham, for appellees.


GOODWYN, Justice.

Alfred Dean and his sister, Sadie Hooper, plaintiffs below and appellees here, brought action against Smith and Gaston Funeral Directors, Inc., defendant below and appellant here, seeking punitive damages for maliciously, intentionally and wantonly trespassing upon the grave of plaintiffs' deceased brother, Will Dean. This appeal is from the judgment of the circuit court rendered pursuant to a jury verdict awarding damages of $2,500. Defendant's...

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