City of Detroit v. Walker

445 Mich. 682 (1994)

520 N.W.2d 135

CITY OF DETROIT

v.

WALKER

Docket Nos. 96594-96599, (Calendar No. 8).

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Argued April 6, 1994.

Decided July 26, 1994.

Mager, Monahan, Donaldson & Alber, P.C. (by Lawrence M. Scott), for defendants Walker and Anderson.

Rubenstein, Plotkin, P.C. (by Edward L. Haroutunian and Casimir J. Swastek), for defendant Estate of Almas.

MALLETT, J.

We granted leave in these consolidated cases to resolve two questions: (1) whether the 1974 Detroit City Charter incorporates by reference provisions of state statutory law, specifically the 1988 amendment of the…