LAUREL HILL CEMETERY v. SAN FRANCISCO

No. 100.

216 U.S. 358 (1910)

LAUREL HILL CEMETERY v. CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 21, 1910.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Thomas E. Haven for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Jesse H. Steinhart, with whom Mr. Percy V. Long was on the brief, for the defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action to restrain the City and County of San Francisco and its officers from enforcing an ordinance forbidding the burial of the dead within the City and County limits. The allegations of the complaint are lengthy, but the material facts set forth are as follows: The plaintiff was incorporated in 1867 as a rural cemetery under a general act. The land in question...

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