Legal Opinion · Dissent

Maki v. City of East Tawas

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided July 7, 1971No. 17 January Term 1971, Docket No. 52,539Published

1DissentWilliams, J.

(dissenting.) This action brought by the plaintiff to recover for personal injuries incurred while he was at a municipal garbage dump operated by the City of East Tawas raises two questions. First, pursuant to. Article 4, § 24 of the Michigan Constitution, restricting an act of the legislature to the scope of its title, should § 7 of the governmental immunity statute, which grants immunity to governmental agencies for all tort liability when engaged in governmental functions,1 be reduced to the scope of the act’s title which says the act grants immunity to governmental agencies for injuries…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Williams v. City of DetroitMichigan Supreme Court · 1961
  2. Myers v. Genesee County AuditorMichigan Supreme Court · 1965
  3. Buckeye Union Fire Insurance v. StateMichigan Supreme Court · 1970
  4. McDowell v. State Highway CommissionerMichigan Supreme Court · 1961
  5. Denny v. GaravagliaMichigan Supreme Court · 1952

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