Medical Jurisprudence, Forensic medicine and Toxicology. Vol. 1

by R. A. Witthaus; Tracy C. Becker

[240] N. Y. Code of Pro., s. 390; N. Y. Code of Civ. Pro., s. 870.

[241] Edington v. Mut. L. I. Co., 5 Hun, 1; s. c., 67 N. Y., 185.

Under sec. 873, Code Civ. Pro., as amended by Law 1893, c. 721, the plaintiff in an action for personal injuries may be compelled to submit to a physician’s inspection. Cf. Page v. Page, 51 Mich., 88.

[242] Supra, p. 96.

[243] Guptill v. Verback, 58 Iowa, 98. In this case, however, it was determined that it did not appear that a crime was intended.

[244] 2 R. S., 406, s. 73.

[245] Act 1876, c. 448, Code Civ. Pro., secs. 834, 836.

[246] Act 1877, c. 417, s. 1.

[247] 3 R. S., 1029, s. 19. Superseded by Code Crim. Pro., s. 392, as amended by Act 1892, c. 279, s. 7. People v. Murphy, 101 N. Y., 126. People v. Brower, 53 Hun, 217.

[248] Pierson v. People, 79 N. Y., 424; People v. Harris, 136 N. Y., 423.