CITY OF ASHLAND v. MILLER


283 S.W.2d 195 (1955)

CITY OF ASHLAND, Kentucky, a municipal corporation, Appellant, v. J. Fred MILLER, Coroner of Boyd County, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied November 18, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. W. Mann and Arthur T. Bryson, Jr., Ashland, for appellant.

Thomas Burchett, Ashland, for appellee.


CULLEN, Commissioner.

The City of Ashland brought action against J. Fred Miller, Coroner of Boyd County, seeking a declaration as to the right of the coroner to collect fees from the city for holding inquests in certain specified cases. The court entered judgment holding that the coroner was entitled to collect a fee in each of the cases. The amount involved is $936, and the city has moved for an appeal.

Under KRS 64.180, when an inquest is held over an unburied...

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