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CHISUM v. BEHRENS

No. 12502.

283 N.W.2d 235 (1979)

Agnes P. Hight CHISUM, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Harry BEHRENS, Jon Behrens, and Behrens Mortuary, Inc., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

September 5, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Rick Johnson of Johnson, Johnson & Eklund, Gregory, for plaintiff and appellant.

Lawrence L. Piersol of Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith, Sioux Falls, with Michael L. Luce, Sioux Falls, on the brief, for defendants and respondents.

BERNDT, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff, Agnes P. Hight Chisum, initiated this action to seek actual damages for mental anguish and physical illness, together with exemplary damages, following her husband's untimely death. She alleged violation of her right to immediate possession of the body of her husband by defendants, Harry Behrens, Jon Behrens and Behrens Mortuary, Inc., and further, that defendants without her consent had made dissections and incisions into the body...

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