Kempner v. Pulaski County
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court. Robert J. Lea, Judge. When a person dies under suspicious circumstances, or the coroner has reason to believe a crime has been committed, it is his duty to employ a competent physician to perform an autopsy. 55 Ark. 419; 52 id. 361; 60 id. 508. The county court has no right to control the choice of the coroner in selecting the physician (88 Ind. 102), although the county court has made a general appointment of a physician for that purpose,…
Read the full summary
Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court. Robert J. Lea, Judge. When a person dies under suspicious circumstances, or the coroner has reason to believe a crime has been committed, it is his duty to employ a competent physician to perform an autopsy. 55 Ark. 419; 52 id. 361; 60 id. 508. The county court has no right to control the choice of the coroner in selecting the physician (88 Ind. 102), although the county court has made a general appointment of a physician for that purpose, and made a contract with him for such services. 34 Pa. St. 301; 3 id. 462; 4 id. 269; 64 Ind. 524; 86 id. 154. The fee…
1Opinion of the CourtBunn, C. J.
This suit was begun by the presentation to the Pulaski county court for allowance of a claim for a fee of $50 by the appellant, for performing an autopsy, at the instance of the coroner, upon the body of one Kate Dullahan, who had given birth to a child, and, with the child, had died immediately, under circumstances indicating that the deaths were the result of an abortion. The claim was disallowed by the county court (upon what grounds we are not informed, except by way of inference), and the matter was duly appealed to the circuit court, where the disallowance of the county court was…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Board of Commissioners v. JamesonIndiana Supreme Court · 1882
- Jameson v. Board of CommissionersIndiana Supreme Court · 1878
- Clark County v. CallowaySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1889
- St. Francis County v. CummingsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1892
- Board of Commissioners v. BondIndiana Supreme Court · 1882
3Cited by2 opinions
- Lancaster v. Travelers InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1936
- Louisiana Oil Refining Corp. v. YeltonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1933