O'DEA v. MITCHELL


350 Mass. 163 (1966)

213 N.E.2d 870

ARTHUR W. O'DEA & others vs. CHRISTOPHER C. MITCHELL & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex..

February 3, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas D. Kenna, Jr., for the plaintiffs.

Ernest K. Edie for the defendant Mitchell.

John J. Walsh, Jr., for the defendant Nicholas.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., SPALDING, WHITTEMORE, KIRK, & SPIEGEL, JJ.


KIRK, J.

This is an action of tort in eight counts brought by four sons of Patrick J. O'Dea, deceased, for damages in the sum of $100,000 allegedly suffered because of the defendants' unlawful burial of the decedent. Each of the counts names one of the plaintiffs and one of the defendants. The defendant Mitchell operates a funeral home. The relationship of the defendant Nicholas to the plaintiffs or to the decedent does not appear.

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