Legal Opinion

Sandy v. Board of Commissioners

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided February 18, 1909No. 21,344PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Prom Morgan Circuit Court; Joseph W. Williams, Judge. Action by William J. Sandy against the Board of Commissioners of the County of Morgan. Prom a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. Transferred from Appellate Court ' (see 42 Ind. App. 268) under §1391 Burns 1908, Acts 1901, p. 565, §8..

1Opinion of the CourtMyers, J.

This appeal is prosecuted under §1391 Burns 1908, Acts 1901, p. 565, §8, as one in which the proper construction of a statute or statutes is claimed to be involved.

Appellant' instituted this action in the Morgan Circuit Court, after a disallowance of his claim by the board of commissioners, upon a quantum meruit for $25 in holding an autopsy on the body of a child upon the order, and under the direction, of the coroner of Morgan county. Appellee answered: (1) By general denial; (2) that the child at the time of, and for days before, its death was under the care of physicians, and its death…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Hord v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1907
  2. Moss v. Sugar Ridge TownshipIndiana Supreme Court · 1903
  3. Lee v. York School TownshipIndiana Supreme Court · 1904
  4. Daily v. Board of CommissionersIndiana Supreme Court · 1905
  5. Stults v. Board of CommissionersIndiana Supreme Court · 1907

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Abner v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1985
  2. Stath v. WilliamsIndiana Court of Appeals · 1977
  3. Department of Insurance v. Church Members Relief Ass'nIndiana Supreme Court · 1940
  4. State Ex Rel. Blair v. GettingerIndiana Supreme Court · 1952
  5. Delatte v. GenoveseDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1967

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