McSwain v. Redford Township

Plaintiffs appeal as of right from the April 30, 1987, order of the Wayne Circuit Court which granted summary disposition to defendant on the basis of governmental immunity. We affirm.

Plaintiffs are owners and occupants of a home located in the Fenton-Midland Subdivision, an area of approximately twenty-five homes in defendant township. They brought suit against defendant in January, 1983, alleging that it had issued building or occupancy permits with knowledge that the soil conditions were unsuitable for the operation of private septic systems (which, at the time, was the only means of…