City of Newark v. Crane
City of Newark v. Crane
Opinion of the Court
The court finds that, notwithstanding interments have not been made in said graveyard for many years, and that many bodies previously buried there have been removed therefrom; it appearing that many bodies still remain, there has not been a complete abandonment of said premises to purposes inconsistent with its preservation as a graveyard.
The court further find that the improvements made by the plaintiff are not inconsistent with such use and preservation.
Coming now to make the decree which should have been entered herein by the court of appeals, it is hereby ordered and decreed that the title of the plaintiff in and to said premises — which shall be preserved and improved as a graveyard, but not otherwise — be and hereby is quieted as against the defendants, and all persons claiming through or under them, and the amended cross-petition of the defendants is dismissed, and the costs of this proceeding are adjudged to defendants in error.
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