Legal Opinion

Seaman v. City of Marshall

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided March 15, 1898PublishedCited by 24 opinions

Error to Calboun; Smith, J. Case by Frank Gr. Seaman against tbe city of Marshall for the negligent flooding of his store building. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant brings error.

1Opinion of the CourtHooker, J.

State and Mansion streets, in the city of Marshall, are parallel streets, running east and west. Plaintiff’s store fronts the former. Division street intersects, but does not cross, Mansion, from the north. Near the intersection of the east side of Division and the north side of Mansion there is a catch-basin, into which 12-inch tile drains enter from the north, upon both sides of Division street, and from the east upon the north, side of Mansion street. There is also a 10-inch tile drain which enters from the west upon the north side of Mansion street. Whether these are more than surface…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Defer v. City of DetroitMichigan Supreme Court · 1887

3Cited by24 opinions

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  3. Attorney General ex rel. Township of Wyoming v. City of Grand RapidsMichigan Supreme Court · 1913
  4. Defnet v. City of DetroitMichigan Supreme Court · 1950
  5. Herro v. Chippewa County Road CommissionersMichigan Supreme Court · 1962

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