Trbovich v. City of Detroit

Counsel for plaintiff-appellants have correctly stated the controlling question:

“Is a plaintiff, mentally and physically incapacitated as a result of injuries sustained because of a defective sidewalk, excused from giving written notice to' the defendant city 'in the form and within fh'é time specified in section 8 of chapter 22 of the general highway statute (CL 1948, § 242.8 [Stat Ann 1958 Rev § 9.598]) ?”,Our. answer is “No.”

The- statute under which this suit was brought (CL 1948, §§ 242.1-242.8, amended by PA 1951, No 19 [Stat Ann 1958 Rev §§ 9.591-9.598] )1 includes no clause exempting,…