KING v. ELROD


268 S.W.2d 103 (1953)

KING et al. v. ELROD et al.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

On Petition to Rehear May 21, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ely & Ely, Knoxville, for appellants.

Grimm, Tapp & Carson, and Ray H. Jenkins, Knoxville, for appellees.


BURNETT, Justice.

The bill in this cause was filed asking a mandatory injunction, the removal of a lock across a roadway leading to a cemetery and for damages double the amount suffered by the complainants. The gravamen of the bill is that the defendants, appellees here, had desecrated and destroyed an ancient family cemetery in which distant relatives of the complainants had been buried. A demurrer setting forth numerous grounds was filed in due season and after...

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