Meads v. Dougherty County
Supreme Court of Georgia
Certiorari. Before Judge Bower. Dougherty superior court. October term, 1895. The coroner of Dougherty county brought suit against said county on an account.
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Certiorari. Before Judge Bower. Dougherty superior court. October term, 1895. The coroner of Dougherty county brought suit against said county on an account. He obtained .a verdict for $15, which was set aside on certiorari, the court holding that the coroner was not entitled to recover in this case-. The facts as agreed on are as follows: “On or about September 10, 1894, a lot of bones, bleached by time, supposed to be, and were no doubt, those of a human being, were found on the banks of the creek just below Albany in said county. Said coroner, having in some way heard of said bones, had a…
1Opinion of the Court
Lumpkin, Justice.
We have excellent reason for believing that some of the coroners of this State are over-zealous in the matter of holding inquests. From the records of this court, and from knowledge coming to us in the way of general information, we are satisfied that many inquests are held for which there is no real or legal necessity.
The act of 1893 (Acts of 1893, p. 116), superseding section 589 of the code, provides that inquests shall be held: “1st. Of all violent, sudden or casual deaths, when there are no eye-witnesses to the killing or cause of the death. 2d. Of all sudden deaths in…
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