Clark County v. Calloway
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from Clark Circuit Court. R. D. Hearn, Judge. Calloway presented to the County Court of Clark County for allowance, a fee bill for services rendered by him as Coroner in holding an inquest on the body of William Rooks. The County Court disallowed the claim, and the plaintiff appealed to the Circuit Court, where the cause was tried by the court sitting as a jury.
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APPEAL from Clark Circuit Court. R. D. Hearn, Judge. Calloway presented to the County Court of Clark County for allowance, a fee bill for services rendered by him as Coroner in holding an inquest on the body of William Rooks. The County Court disallowed the claim, and the plaintiff appealed to the Circuit Court, where the cause was tried by the court sitting as a jury. The plaintiff testified that he was notified of the death of Rooks by Dan Hardy, and that the latter’s statement to him in giving such notice was substantially the same as his testimony in this case ; that the verdict of the…
1Per curiam
Corner inquest. when to be held. It is not necessary that an inquest should be held in the case of one dying with fever, apoplexy or other disease. It was not required by the common law (2 Hale’s Cr. Law, 57), and is not demanded by the statute. Mansf. Dig., sec. 692. It is not the duty of the Coroner to inquire of sud•den deaths, unless there is reasonable ground to believe that they are the result of violence or unnatural means. The authority is to be exercised within the limits of a sound discretion, and when exercised, the presumption is that the Coroner has acted in good faith on…
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