This opinion column discusses an interesting Will contest case involving a flashy looking corpse. When Tim O’Leary passed away “he was decked out in a red and green checkered suit, was wearing a celluloid collar that was stiffer than he was and… his broad yellow tie was held down by a flashy diamond stick-pin.” When his widow died a year later several disinherited relatives attempted to contest her Will alleging that no sane person would choose to bury her husband in such a flashy outfit. The judge rejected the argument put forward by the disinherited heirs, holding that “he could not say that clothing suitable for Florida was so appropriate for burial purposes as to considered an insane use thereof.”
See Jack Strauss, Case of the flashy looking corpse, The Richmond Register, August 1, 2015.
Special thanks to Brian Cohan (Attorney at Law, Law Offices of Brian J. Cohan, P.C.) for bringing this article to my attention.
