Pruden v. Grant County
Oregon Supreme Court
Grant County. Defendant appeals. The plaintiff, a physician, upon the command of a subpoena issued by the coroner of Grant County, assisted at an inquest held upon the body of one Benj. C. Acock. He claimed for such services $125, which was returned by the coroner as a part of the expenses of the inquest. Thereafter the county court of said county sitting for the transaction of county business allowed on said account $48.20, and disallowed the remainder.
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Grant County. Defendant appeals. The plaintiff, a physician, upon the command of a subpoena issued by the coroner of Grant County, assisted at an inquest held upon the body of one Benj. C. Acock. He claimed for such services $125, which was returned by the coroner as a part of the expenses of the inquest. Thereafter the county court of said county sitting for the transaction of county business allowed on said account $48.20, and disallowed the remainder. Plaintiff brought an action against the county for the balance of the account alleging the above» facts, 'and this appeal is from a judgment…
1Opinion of the CourtThayer, J.
The court, upon consideration of this case, is of opinion that the decision in Cook v. Multnomah Co. 8 Oreg. 170, is decisive of the question involved here. The service which the respondent was required to perform was for the public benefit, and while he is entitled, under the Constitution of the State, to just compensation therefor, yet he must acquiesce in the mode prescribed by law to obtain it. The coroner subpoenaed him as a physician and surgeon to attend the inquest, and under the law it became his duty, in the presence of the jury, to inspect the body of the deceased, and give a…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Crossen v. Wasco CountyOregon Supreme Court · 1882
- Cook v. Multnomah CountyOregon Supreme Court · 1879
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