LANGHAM v. HERRINGTON

No. 54820.

449 So.2d 228 (1984)

Brenda LANGHAM v. Dorothy HERRINGTON.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 18, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene C. Tullos, Tullos, Tullos & Tullos, Raleigh, for appellant.

Jerry L. Yeager, Raleigh, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and BOWLING and DAN M. LEE, JJ.


BOWLING, Justice, for the Court:

We consider here the authority of a chancellor to enjoin the removal of a body from its cemetery grave and place it in another cemetery. Appellees, sister and children of the deceased, secured an injunction from the Chancery Court of Smith County, prohibiting the appellant, widow of deceased, from disinterring and removing the body.

The original burial was at a place chosen by all parties.

The disposition of this appeal...

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