Legal Opinion
Haveman v. Kent County Road Commissioners
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided April 13, 1959No. Docket 68, Calendar 47,292PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKavanagh, J.
On November 21, 1955, plaintiff, by his next friend, filed a declaration in which he alleged that on January 6, 1955, the plaintiff, while riding in an automobile on Michigan highway M-37 in Kent county, just north of the city of Sparta, Michigan, was injured when the automobile was struck by a Duplex Gradall, a road-maintenance machine, owned by the defendant, a political subdivision of this State, and negligently operated by employees of the defendant.
Defendant subsequently filed its answer admitting ownership of the Gradall, but denying the allegations as to negligence. Defendant alleged…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Hopkins v. HopkinsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
- Mead v. Michigan Public Service CommissionMichigan Supreme Court · 1942
- MacDonald v. QuimbyMichigan Supreme Court · 1957
- City of Traverse City v. Township of BlairMichigan Supreme Court · 1916
- Miller v. Manistee County Board of Road CommissionersMichigan Supreme Court · 1941
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Stanton v. City of Battle CreekMichigan Supreme Court · 2002
- City of Pleasant Ridge v. GovernorMichigan Supreme Court · 1969
- Mull v. Equitable Life Assurance SocietyMichigan Supreme Court · 1994
- Dessart v. BurakMichigan Supreme Court · 2004
- Woods v. Progressive Mutual InsuranceMichigan Court of Appeals · 1968
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