PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court in a civil action for damages for performance of an unauthorized autopsy. Plaintiffs were the widow and two adult sons of the deceased. The trial court dismissed the claims of the sons, upon the ground that the widow had the sole right of action. The sons appeal.
While this is a case of first impression in this jurisdiction, the question is well settled by a great weight of authority...
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