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EIDSON v. JOHNS-RIDOUT'S CHAPELS, INC.

85-1269.

508 So.2d 697 (1987)

Anna K. EIDSON, et al. v. JOHNS-RIDOUT'S CHAPELS, INC.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

May 22, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen D. Heninger of Hare, Wynn, Newell & Newton, Birmingham, for appellants.

Thomas W. Christian and Karon O. Bowdre of Rives & Peterson, Birmingham, for appellee.

MADDOX, Justice.

The sole question in this case is whether the plaintiffs' suit was time barred. To answer that question, we must revisit the distinctions between an action for trespass and an action for trespass on the case, and determine whether plaintiffs' suit against a funeral home, in which they claimed damages for breach of contract, for trespass, and for outrageous conduct, was an action for trespass, or whether...

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