Moser v. Boone County
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Boone District Court. — Hon. S. M. Weaver, Judge. Action to recover an amount alleged to be due the •plaintiff for services rendered at the request of the -coroner of Boone county. There was a judgment in in favor of the defendant, from which the plaintiff ■appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBobinson, J.
1 The material facts involved in this-case, shown by a certificate of the trial judge, are as-follows: The plaintiff is a practicing physician and surgeon, and was duly summoned by the coroner of' Boone county to make an examination of the dead body of one Elias Phipps, upon which an inquest was being-held. In response to the summons, plaintiff made an. examination of the body, and the fact was reported to the board of supervisors of Boone county by the coroner, who certified that the services rendered by the-plaintiff in making the examination were reasonably worth the sum of fifty dollars.…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Armstrong v. Tama CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 1872
- Stone v. Marion CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 1889
- Cushman v. Washington CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 1876
- Sanford v. Lee CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 1878
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