Grinstead v. Carter’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Since Section 532, supra, deals only with inquests on unburied bodies, and section 537a, supra, deals only with inquests on bodies that have been buried, it is clear that there is no inconsistency between the two acts, and that the provision of section 537a, supra, making the county liable for inquests held on unburied bodies, did not have the effect of repealing that portion of section 532, supra, providing that ‘all the expense of an inquest held in a city of over, thirty thousand inhabitants shall be paid by such city.’ We therefore conclude that the expense of making post mortem examinations and chemical analyses, whether of buried or ' unburied bodies, as well as the expense of holding inquests on buried bodies, is payable by,.the county, but that the expense of holding inquests on unburied bodies found in cities of over 30,000 inhabitants is payable by the city.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. City of Louisville v. Keaney, Etc.

2. ““Sec. 532. Post mortem; fees when paid by county; when by city. — When in the opinion of the coroner, it shall be necessary to have a post mortem examination of a dead person during an inquest, he may employ a competent surgeon or physician for that purpose; and when he has reasonable grounds to believe that death has been produced by poison, may employ a competent chemist to analyze the stomach of the dead person. The fiscal court of the county in which the body is found shall pay to any physician, surgeon or chemist employed a reasonable compensation for their services. All the expenses of an inquest held in a city of over thirty thousand inhabitants shall be paid by such city. ’ ’”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. City of Louisville v. Keaney, Etc.