City of Mason v. Mason State Bank

This appeal arises from the grant of summary judgment in favor of appellees Ingham County Farm Bureau, Lawrence Barton, John J. Mahaney Excavating Company, and Merle Richardson, and against appellant City of Mason. The trial court ruled that the city would be liable for indemnification for damages resulting from the collapse of a bakery building owned by William and Janet Buchman.

In early 1968, appellee Farm Bureau decided to construct a building on a lot it owned adjacent to the Buchmans’ bakery. The architectural firm of Mayotte-Webb Architects, Inc. was hired to prepare plans for the…