Township of Hart v. Noret
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Oceana; Sullivan, J. Case by the township of Hart against Edwin A. Noret to enforce contribution for the wrongful act of defendant resulting in plaintiff paying a judgment for personal injuries. From an order sustaining the demurrer of the defendant, plaintiff brings error. This action grows out of a suit begun by William R. McRae as plaintiff against the township of Hart, the plaintiff in this action, and others, the owners of a mill.
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Error to Oceana; Sullivan, J. Case by the township of Hart against Edwin A. Noret to enforce contribution for the wrongful act of defendant resulting in plaintiff paying a judgment for personal injuries. From an order sustaining the demurrer of the defendant, plaintiff brings error. This action grows out of a suit begun by William R. McRae as plaintiff against the township of Hart, the plaintiff in this action, and others, the owners of a mill. In that suit the plaintiff recovered a judgment against the defendants for personal injuries sustained by him when the railing of a certain highway…
1Opinion of the CourtOstrander, J.
(after stating the facts). It is the! general rule that whenever the wrongful act of one person results • in liability being imposed on another, the latter may have indemnity from the person actually guilty of the wrong. The exception to the rule is that *432as between actual tort-feasors the law will not enforce contribution or indemnity. The rule of the exception, one of public policy, has not generally been extended by courts. Public policy demands that two or more j wrongdoers shall be left as to each other where their! joint offense leaves them. It does not require that con-1 sequences of…
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- Brown v. Town of LouisburgSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1900
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