COUNTY OF LEE, Claimant, v. STATE OF ILLINOIS, Respondent.

Case summary

The County of Lee claimed $1,100.00 for coroner's and juror's fees for inquests on patients and inmates of Dixon State Hospital. The court denied the claim because no statute obligates the State to reimburse counties for such fees, and the court lacks power to allow the claim without statutory authority.

Claim type: Other

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FEES AND SALARIES-when State not liable for coroner's and juror's fees.

FEES AND SALARIES-when State not liable for coroner's and juror's fees. The State is not liable for coroner's and juror's fees for inquests upon bodies of inmates of charitable institutions in the absence of a statute making it so liable. MARK C. KELLER for claimant. OSCAR E. CARLSTROM, Attorney General; CARL I. DIETZ, Assistant Attorney General, for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE THOMAS delivered the opinion of the court:

The claimant files its claim for $1,100.00 for coroner's and juror's fees for inquests upon bodies of patients and inmates of the Dixon State Hospital at Dixon, Illinois, from May 28, 1924 to March 16, 1929. There is no statutory provision which obligates the State to reimburse counties where charitable institutions are located for such fees.

Without a statutory provision this court has no power to allow a claim of this kind. The claim is denied and the case dismissed.