City of Detroit v. Putnam

Defendant in error recovered a judgment against the city for injuries sustained by reason of a defective sidewalk. It is not claimed that the action would lie in tin's State in the absence of a statute creating the liability. The plaintiff below relied upon act No. 244 of the Laws of 1879, p. 223, which is entitled “An act for the collection of damages sustained by reason of defective public highways, streets, bridges, crosswalks and culverts.” The first section of the act creates a liability in favor of persons “ sustaining ■bodily injury upon any of the public highways or streets in *264this…