David Lifton Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Today I was sent the following email concerning the court decision in the lawsuit Robert Oswald filed to retain ownership of his brother's casket. At the end is a link to the actual facsimile of the judge's opinion. Can someone on this forum please download this document, in pdf format, and send it to me (at the email below below my typed signature? (I couldn't get it to download on my computer). Thank you. DSL email: dsl74@Cornell.edu Tarrant County judge rules that Lee Harvey Oswald’s casket belongs tohis brother RobertA Tarrant County judge has ruled that the rotting casket of Lee HarveyOswald belongs to his brother Robert.Judge Donald Cosby issued that conclusion this morning, almost twomonths after the 80-year-old Robert appeared in a Fort Worth courtroomin an attempt to keep the casket out of a stranger’s hands. WritesCosby, he bought his brother’s pine box for $300 on November 24, 1963,and it remains to this day “the personal property of Robert.” That meansthe person who bought it at auction in 2010 can’t have it.What remains of Lee Harvey Oswald's casket, which will be returned to RobertIn December 2010, a Los Angeles auction house sold the casket to anunidentified buyer for $87,468. Weeks later, Robert filed a suit inTarrant County to stop the transaction, which he blasted as “highlyobjectionable to a reasonable person.” Oswald sued Nate D. Sanders,Inc., and Baumgardner Funeral Home over the sale of the casket, as wellas other grim items tied to his brother’s death.The casket’s journey from six feet under to a Tarrant County courthouseis a long one involving the sale of a funeral home, Lee Harvey Oswald’sexhumation in 1981 (following allegations he wasn’t really buried inthat box) and his transfer to a new casket when he was put back in theground at Rose Hill Cemetery. In his lengthy finding, Cosby details itstortured history. But long story short, he writes: When BaumgardnerFuneral Home kept the 1963 casket following Lee Harvey’s re-burial in1981, it should have told Robert or Lee’s widow Marina of itswhereabouts. At trial, the funeral home’s attorney argued that it was “agift” from Robert to Lee since “Robert would never see the casket again,and it would remain in the ground forever and ever.”Instead, it kept the box, and in 2010 partnered with Nate D. Sanders,Inc., to auction off the casket and other “funeral items.” As far as theLos Angeles auction house was concerned, Baumgardner had every right tothe casket. Wrong, says the judge, who has awarded Robert the $87,468 indamages as well as the casket. Baumgardner Funeral Home will have to payfor its return.Says the judge, the funeral home “wrongfully exercised dominion andcontrol over the 1963 casket.”Click here:https://www.scribd.com/doc/254213782/Judge-Rules-on-Oswald-Casket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn Meredith Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Since Robert Oswald is no relation to Harvey Oswald, the casket should go to the widow. I am betting Robert will now sell it to the highest bidder. Dawn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Graves Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Since Robert Oswald is no relation to Harvey Oswald, the casket should go to the widow. I am betting Robert will now sell it to the highest bidder. Dawn Dawn, You wouldn't expect him to make a coffee table out of it, would you? LOL --Tommy PS When you say "Robert is no relation to Harvey Oswald," are you coming from a legalistic point of view, or a "Lee and Harvey" John Armstrong point of view? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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