Knapp v. City of Detroit

I concur in the foregoing opinion reversing the judgment as to the city of Hamtramck. The trial court incorrectly relied on Merrifield v. Village of Paw Paw, 274 Mich. 550, which was decided upon a provision of the village law requiring submission of a verified claim before allowance. In the case before us, a city rather than a village is involved. But we need not at this time determine whether the enactment of 1 Comp. Laws 1929, § 4230 (Stat. Ann. § 9.598), has obviated the requirement of making a verified claim against a village, in addition to giving the required notice (see Barkley v.…