Lane v. City of Knoxville

This is a suit for damages brought by the son of Gus Lane, who died in November, 1935, in a hospital operated by the city of Knoxville, based on the allegation that after the death of Gus Lane, who was a patient in this hospital, an autopsy was performed on his body without the consent of the family of the deceased.

The circuit judge sustained a demurrer of the defendant city of Knoxville and dismissed this suit, and it is conceded that the only question involved is whether or not the city is subject to this suit growing out of its operation of this municipal hospital in exercise of a…