Turner v. Smith

This is a proceeding by certiorari to review the action and decision of the circuit court in allowing the account of L. M. Gillette, one of the coroners of Calhoun county, against the State, for services, under 3 How. Stat. § 9593, for holding an inquest upon the dead body of a stranger. This section provides that when the inquisition is upon the dead body of a stranger, not belonging to this State, the fees of the coroner, and all the expenses of the inquisition, shall be paid by the State, “ the account of such expenses and fees being first allowed by the circuit court for the county.”

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