LAMAR, Justice, for the Court.
¶ 1. In this case we are called upon to determine whether Mississippi Code Section 41-39-5 imposes an actionable duty on county boards of supervisors with regard to disposition of unclaimed bodies. The trial court found that the statute creates an actionable duty, and that the Tunica County Board of Supervisors violated that duty by authorizing the cremation of an unclaimed body before the expiration of the statutory waiting period...
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