Coots v. City of Detroit
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Wayne. (Reilly, J.) Case for injury by reason of defective street. Defendant brings error. The facts are stated in the opinion*
1Opinion of the CourtMorse, J.
This is an action brought by the plaintiff against the city of Detroit to recover damages for injuries received by reason of the defective condition of Michigan avenue between Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets.
He recovered a judgment for $10,000 in the circuit court for the county of Wayne, before a jury.
The facts, as shown by plaintiff, are substantially as follows : At the time of the injury he was in the employ of the •fire department as an engine-driver. The engine-house was ■situated on Sixteenth street, four blocks from Michigan avenue. Plaintiff had been in the employ of the fire…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Fisher v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1870
- City of Detroit v. BlackebyMichigan Supreme Court · 1870
- Hayes v. City of OshkoshWisconsin Supreme Court · 1873
- Jewett v. City of New HavenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1871
- Barney v. City of LowellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
3Cited by17 opinions
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- City of Kansas v. McDonaldSupreme Court of Kansas · 1899
- Walker v. City & County of San FranciscoCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1950
- Garrett v. City of SchenectadyNew York Court of Appeals · 1935
- Davis v. JermstadMichigan Supreme Court · 1957
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