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DUEITT v. DUEITT

No. 01-90-00568-CV.

802 S.W.2d 859 (1991)

Jerry O. DUEITT, Co-Independent Executor of the Estate of John P. Dueitt, Deceased, Appellant, v. Ina Mae (June) DUEITT and Earthman's, Inc., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

January 3, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip W. Mintz, Houston, for appellant.

Thomas W. Long, Fleming T. de Graffenried, III, Houston, for appellees.

Before EVANS, C.J, and HUGHES and SCHNEIDER, JJ.

OPINION

EVANS, Chief Justice.

This appeal concerns the right of a surviving spouse to control the disposition of the body of the deceased spouse after interment.

The decedent, John P. Dueitt, died on June 6, 1988, and his widow, appellee, Ina Mae (June) Dueitt, caused his body to be buried in Rest Haven Memorial Park, a cemetery operated by appellee, Earthman's, Inc. Because Earthman's regulations did not permit Mrs. Dueitt to place a memorial over...

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