Board of Commissioners v. Gillum

The appellee presented to the appellant, at its December term, 1882, for allowance and payment, his claim in the sum of $25, in the .form of an account, “for services in making an autopsy on the body of an unknown child, done at the instance of the coroner of Jay county.” The coroner certified the account to be correct and recommended its payment. The appellant allowed the appellee the sum of $5, and ordered “that the remainder of his claim be *512disallowed.” From this decision the appellee Gillum appealed to the circuit court of the county; and, upon a trial there had, the court found for the…