Legal Opinion · Dissent
Schultze v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 11, 1912Published
Appeal from Trial Term, New York County. Action by Otto H. Schultze against the City of New York. From a judgment on a verdict for plaintiff, and from an order denying a motion for new trial, defendant appeals.
1DissentDowling, J.
Section 1773 of the Consolidation Act, continued in force by section 1571, Greater New York Charter, thus provides, in relation to the duties of a coroner’s physician:.
“When in the city of New York any person shall die from criminal violence, or hy casualty, or suddenly when in apparent health, or when unattended by a physician, or in prison, or in any suspicious or unusual manner, the coroner shall subpoena one of the coroner’s physicians, who shall view the body of such deceased person, externally, or make an autopsy thereon as may be required. It shall be the duty of the physician to whom…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- People Ex Rel. Hoefle v. . CahillNew York Court of Appeals · 1907
- People ex rel.Corkhill v. McAdooAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904
- People ex rel. Hillman v. ScholerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904