Per Curiam.
Actually, the fact of an autopsy was not proven, but if the testimony relating to it and properly stricken out as hearsay were to be considered, as would be essential to the executor's case, that same evidence would have to be accepted as demonstrating a relative's valid consent to an autopsy. Assuming, however, for purposes of the argument, that an unauthorized autopsy was performed, we have no difficulty in finding that the supposed defense was...
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