Grzelka v. Chevrolet Motor Car Co.

This is an action to recover damages for injury to plaintiffs’ home claimed to have been caused by the maintenance of an alleged nuisance by the defendant Chevrolet Motor Car Company. The case was tried by a jury. A verdict was rendered in favor of defendant and plaintiffs have appealed.

In 1923 plaintiffs built a two-story, two-family frame flat on a lot which they had purchased in the preceding year. This is located in the city of Hamtramck at 8556-8558 Lumpkin avenue, which is in an industrial district. In addition to the defendant’s shops the plants of the Murray Corporation, Acme Paint…