Board of Commissioners v. Van Cleave

— This cause was transferred to this court by the Supreme Court. Appellant appeals from a judgment in appellee’s favor for services rendered by appellee at the request of the county coroner. It appears from the special verdict that on the 7th day of July, 1895, the coroner of Fountain county, Indiana, assisted by a practicing physician, held an inquest ever the dead body of Clara E. Shanks, found in that county; that the inquest was held in due form of law and a verdict returned by said coroner as follows: “Now after viewing the body of Clara Elmira Shanks, and hearing and considering the…