R. J. COULTER FUNERAL HOME, INC. v. NATIONAL BURIAL INS. CO.

Civ. A. No. 3678.

199 F.Supp. 439 (1961)

R. J. COULTER FUNERAL HOME, INC., Wann Funeral Home, Inc., W. T. Hays & Son, Inc., and all other similarly situated funeral directors in the State of Tennessee v. NATIONAL BURIAL INSURANCE COMPANY, National Funeral Home of Chattanooga, National Mortuary Company, A. W. Wunderlich, Cherokee Life Insurance Company, Inc. and Cosmopolitan Funeral Homes, Inc.

United States District Court E. D. Tennessee, S. D.

November 24, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Van Derveer, Brown & Siener, Chattanooga, Tenn.

Sizer Chambliss, Chattanooga, Tenn., for plaintiffs.

Clarence Kolwyck, Chattanooga, Tenn., Daniel P. Reardon, St. Louis, Mo., Geo. M. Klepper, Memphis, Tenn., for National Burial Ins. Co. National Funeral Home of Chattanooga, National Mortuary Co. and A. W. Wunderlich.

Farris, Evans & Evans, Nashville, Tenn., for Cherokee Life Ins. Co., Inc.

Davis, Boult, Hunt & Cummings, Nashville, Tenn., for Cosmopolitan Funeral Homes, Inc.


DARR, District Judge.

By proper procedural methods the sole question presented is whether the defendant, National Mortuary Company of Memphis, Tennessee, transacts business in this district so as to be subject to suit under the anti-trust laws. 15 U.S.C.A. § 22.

The National Mortuary Company of Memphis does business under the trade name of the National Funeral Home. Another defendant in the case is the National Funeral Home of Chattanooga, Tennessee....

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