ERICKSON v. SUNSET MEMORIAL PARK ASSN., INC.

No. 38,091.

259 Minn. 532 (1961)

108 N.W. (2d) 434

RAMONA W. ERICKSON AND ANOTHER v. SUNSET MEMORIAL PARK ASSOCIATION, INC.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

March 24, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl K. Lifson, for appellant.

Sheldon D. Karlins and Richard F. Sachs, for respondents.


MURPHY, JUSTICE.

The plaintiffs, Ramona W. Erickson and David E. Erickson, prevailed in a declaratory judgment action in which the court below held that a restrictive covenant in a deed issued to the plaintiffs by the defendant, Sunset Memorial Park Association, Inc., which denied burial to one who was not a Caucasian was void under the statutes and public policy of the State of Minnesota. The defendant cemetery appeals...

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