GALLAHER v. TRUSTEES, METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF CHERRY HILL, INC.

No. 659, September Term, 1978.

42 Md. App. 186 (1979)

399 A.2d 936

ZULA V. GALLAHER ET AL. v. TRUSTEES OF THE CHERRY HILL METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF CHERRY HILL, INCORPORATED.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided April 12, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David H. Parrack, with whom were Bratton, Clower & Parrack on the brief, for appellants.

O. Robert Lidums for appellees.

The cause was argued before THOMPSON, MOORE and MACDANIEL, JJ.


MOORE, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

Because the trustees of a church cemetery inadvertently assigned the same burial plot to two different families, this appeal is before us. At issue is whether the chancellor correctly held that the widow of the second purchaser was required to disinter her husband's remains.1 We are unable to conclude that there was error.

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