Marvin, Coroner v. Monroe County

Opinion by

Baldbige, J.,

Francis M. Marvin, coroner of Monroe County, brought this action of assumpsit against the county to recover fees totalling $72.70, for services rendered in making preliminary investigations of the deaths of ten individuals in Monroe County during the year 1942. The county commissioners refused payment of the fees on the ground that the coroner viewed the bodies without sufficient cause and that in none of the ten cases was it deemed necessary to hold an inquest. The court below sustained the county’s affidavit of defense raising questions of law, holding that there was…