Roberts v. City of Detroit

Plaintiff recovered a judgment against the city of Detroit, based upon the loss of the services of his wife, who tfas injured by falling upon a defective sidewalk. Money paid for surgical attendance and nursing constituted a part of the damages recovered. The only *66question presented for our consideration is whether he had a right of action.

Municipal corporations, in Michigan, are liable for injuries resulting from their neglect to repair public highways only where made so by statute. That there is no common-law liability was decided in the case of City of Detroit v. Blackeby, 21 Mich. 84,…