SHAFER v. WILLIS

No. 4836.

530 S.W.2d 598 (1975)

Marda Jackie Joiner SHAFER et al., Appellants, v. Rita Shafer WILLIS, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Eastland.

October 10, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. A. Nelson, Denton, for appellants.

John R. Lively and Carl T. Clarke, Fort Worth (Walker, Bishop & Larimore), Fort Worth, for appellee.


McCLOUD, Chief Justice.

Rita Shafer Willis sued Marada Jackie Joiner Shafer, Davis-Morris Funeral Home, and Eastlawn Memorial Park, alleging defendants wrongfully caused the body of plaintiff's deceased father to be disinterred and removed from a grave in Brown County, and interred in a grave in Eastland County. Shafer filed a plea of privilege which was controverted. Willis failed to appear at the plea of privilege hearing and the court signed and entered an order...

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