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Vanderbilt Law Review

1959

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Liability Of Funeral Directors For Negligence, Edgar E. Smith Jun 1959

Liability Of Funeral Directors For Negligence, Edgar E. Smith

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Funeral directing cannot be classed absolutely as a "profession."'On the contrary, the funeral director's principal concern probably is the sale of caskets and burial supplies, thus making him a "merchant"or "trader." However, for purposes of rendering services in connection with the care and burial of the dead as well as in accommodating the family and friends of the deceased, the funeral director is considered a "professional man." It is the latter capacity which is under consideration here. It is inconsequential for legal purposes whether a mortician is referred to as a "funeral director," an "embalmer," or an "undertaker." An embalmer …


Book Reviews, Robert B. Looper, Ralph Slovenko Jun 1959

Book Reviews, Robert B. Looper, Ralph Slovenko

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Cases and Materials on Restitution By John W. Wade Brooklyn: The Foundation Press, Inc., 1958. Pp. xxxi, 903. $11.00.

reviewer: Robert B. Looper

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Equal Justice for the Accused By a Special Committee of The Association of the Bar of the City of New York and The National Legal Aid Association New York: Doubleday & Co., 1959. Pp. 144. $3.50.

reviewer: Ralph Slovenko