The coroner may also summon as a witness a surgeon or physician, when requested so to do by the district attorney general, to make examination of the body, including the performing of an autopsy, and give a professional opinion as to the cause of death, whose fee shall not exceed twenty-five dollars ($25.00), and the fee shall be allowed in the bill of costs.
Code 1858, § 5303 (deriv. Acts 1849-1850, ch. 75, § 2); Shan., § 7281; Code 1932, § 11882; Acts 1943, ch. 26, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 11882; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 38-407.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Title 38 - Prevention and Detection of Crime
§ 38-5-101. Affidavit Required to Hold Inquest
§ 38-5-102. False Affidavit — Perjury
§ 38-5-103. Courts of General Sessions May Hold Inquests as Coroners
§ 38-5-105. Subpoenas for Witnesses
§ 38-5-106. Who Shall Be Summoned as Witnesses
§ 38-5-107. Surgeon or Physician as Witness
§ 38-5-108. Employment of Chemist
§ 38-5-109. Allowances to Physicians and Chemists Limited
§ 38-5-110. Service of Process
§ 38-5-112. Form of Inquisition
§ 38-5-113. Return of Inquisition
§ 38-5-114. Witnesses May Be Bound Over
§ 38-5-115. Arrest of Person if Present
§ 38-5-116. Warrant for Arrest if Person Not Present
§ 38-5-117. Effect of Coroner's Warrant
§ 38-5-118. Disposition of Body of Decedent
§ 38-5-119. Disposition of Effects Found on Body
§ 38-5-120. Duty of County Trustee as to Effects Found on Body
§ 38-5-121. Delivery of Property or Payment of Money to Legal Representatives of Deceased