HOOD v. SPRATT

No. 50176.

357 So.2d 135 (1978)

Adrienne Spratt HOOD v. Edith Tubb SPRATT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 5, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burgin, Gholson, Hicks & Nichols, Dewitt T. Hicks, Jr., Columbus, for appellant.

J.O. Prude, Amory, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, BROOM and BOWLING, JJ.


PATTERSON, Chief Justice, for the Court:

This is an appeal from a decree of the Chancery Court of Monroe County. It presents the issue of whether a surviving spouse can have the body of her deceased husband removed from his burial site to another over the objection of blood relatives.

Herschell D. Spratt, Sr. died quite suddenly in 1957 when he was thirty-six years of age. At that time he had been married approximately fourteen years to Edith Tubb Spratt,...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases