Hearings
England & Wales
22 Jul 1988 [1989] Ch 408; [1989] 2 WLR 553; [1989] 2 All ER 431, Ch D
Reed v Madon
Subject Matter
CEMETERY — Burial ground — Exclusive rights of burial — Exclusive rights in plot in cemetery granted to plaintiffs — Subsequent grant of exclusive rights to defendant in same plot — Defendant having wife buried in plot, erecting memorial stone over grave and extending turf over adjoining plot — Liability for infringement of exclusive rights — Whether remedy including damages for distress — Cemetery Clauses Act 1847, ss 40, 48