Greene v. Monroe County

Citations

• 72 Miss. 306

Syllabus

<p>Cokonbb’s Inquest. Fee of physician. Code 1892, § 824.</p> <p>No allowance can be made by a board of supervisors to a surgeon or physician for services at a coroner’s inquest in making a postmortem examination and chemical analysis to ascertain the cause of death, although made at the request of the coroner and jurors. Compensation is allowable only under § 824, code 1892, which covers the entire subject and authorizes a maximum fee of $10 to a surgeon or physician as a witness at the inquest.</p>