City of Detroit v. Eisele

362 Mich. 684 (1961)

108 N.W.2d 763

CITY OF DETROIT

v.

EISELE.

Docket No. 5, Calendar No. 48,601.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided April 26, 1961.

Nathaniel H. Goldstick. Corporation Counsel, John F. Hathaway and John D. O'Hair, Assistant Corporation Counsel, for plaintiff.

Leib & Leib (Meyer W. Leib, of counsel), for defendant.

KELLY, J.

Defendant was hospitalized at the Detroit Receiving Hospital for injuries sustained in an automobile accident. At the time she was an unemployed married woman, with 2 children, whose only means of support was her husband's earnings.

Plaintiff, city of Detroit,…