Stults v. Board of Commissioners

Appellant, as coroner of Allen county, filed, in the form of an itemized bill, before the board of commissioners of said county, a statement of his own fees, and of the claims of other officers and persons, in and about the holding of an inquest and post-mortem. The bill aggregated $43.50. The commissioners disallowed it, and appellant appealed. In the court below appellee filed a general denial and a special answer. Appellant, after unsuccessfully demurring to the latter answer, filed a reply thereto, and the cause was submitted to the court for trial without the intervention of a jury. The…