City of Richmond may prohibit burials in certain cemeteries (§ 57-27)—Virginia Decoded

City of Richmond may prohibit burials in certain cemeteries

The governing body of the City of Richmond may, by ordinance, prohibit the burial of dead bodies in the cemeteries known as Ham’s, Cedarwood, Methodist, Union Mechanics’, Ebenezer, and Sycamore cemeteries, respectively, and may by such ordinance provide for penalties for violations of the same by fine not exceeding fifty dollars, or imprisonment in jail not exceeding six months.

History

Code 1919, § 57.

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Court Decisions

. . . United States v. Marvin Mandel, United States of America v. . . . (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 07/20/79)
. . . Cir. 1970), cert. den., 400 U.S. 829, 91 S.Ct. 57, 27 L.Ed.2d 59; United States v. Blane, 375 F.2d . . .

A. L. Brown v. General Motors Corporation (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 01/13/66)
. . . Greenman v. Yuba Power Products, Inc., 59 Cal.2d 57, 27 Cal.Rptr. 697, 377 P.2d 897 (1962), cited by . . .

Norwood, Adm'r v. Buffey (SCV, 04/25/55)
. . . Dismissal, Discontinuance and Nonsuit, | 21, p. 57; 27 C.J.S., Dismissal and Nonsuit, || 1, 2, and . . .

In Re Hatchett (United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia, 07/18/83)
. . . of proofs of claim. 3 Collier on Bankruptcy, ¶ 57.27[1] (14th ed. 1977). Courts have concluded . . .

Allen v. Com. (COA, 08/15/95)
. . . . Jorn, 400 U.S. 470, 484-85, 91 S.Ct. 547, 556-57, 27 L.Ed.2d 543 (1971) and Ham (citing multiple . . .

Allen v. Com. (SCV, 06/07/96)
. . . . Jorn, 400 U.S. 470, 484-85, 91 S.Ct. 547, 556-57, 27 L.Ed.2d 543 (1971) (general rule). But see . . .

Williams v. Norfolk Southern Ry. Co., Inc. (District Court, E.D. Virginia, 07/26/91)
. . . under FELA), cert. denied, 400 U.S. 829, 91 S.Ct. 57, 27 L.Ed.2d 58 (1970) and Leek v. Baltimore . . .

Shilling v. Baker (SCV, 04/15/10)
. . . presumed to mean two different things."). Code §§ 57-27.2 and 57-38.1 address the disinterment of . . .

. . . prod.liab.rep. (Cch) P 13,369 Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical . . . (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 01/08/93)
. . . Greenman v. Yuba Power Products, Inc., 59 Cal.2d 57, 27 Cal.Rptr. 697, 377 P.2d 897 (1963), of the . . .

In Re Wuerzberger (United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Virginia, 01/03/02)
. . . occurs. See 3 Norton Bankr.L. & Pract. § 57:27.5. . . .

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