Grinstead v. Carter

Opinion of the Court by

William Rogers Clay, Commissioner

Reversing.

The principal question on this appeal is whether the' expense of inquests and post-m,ortem examinations held on bodies found in the city of Louisville, is payable by the city or the county.

The question arises in the following way: Dr. Roy L. Carter presented a claim of $742.00 against the county of Jefferson for inquests and autopsies held in Louis*332ville, a city containing over thirty thousand inhabitants. His claim, was rejected by the commissioners and county judge constituting the fiscal court of Jefferson county. On appeal…