Hughes v. City of Detroit

Boylés, J.

Plaintiff sued the city of Detroit and' Jay Are Paper Company to recover damages resulting from injuries sustained by plaintiff due to defects in a sidewalk in Detroit along the front of the paper company’s premises. The city moved to dismiss the' suit on the ground that it had not been begun within the statutory limitation of time for starting such actions and the paper company moved to dismiss on the ground, inter alia, that there was no primary duty on its part to maintain or repair the sidewalk. The trial court granted both motions and' the plaintiff appeals.

The declaration…