Meredith v. City of Melvindale

Plaintiff, a minor, was injured while retrieving a baseball from a sehoolhouse roof, using a ladder owned by his father. He had hit the ball from a play yard which was under the direction and control of a recreation commission, a new quasi-municipal corporation, created by written agreement between tbe city of Melvindale and tbe Melvindale-Nortbern Allen Park school district. Such a commission was operating the playground and was clothed with statutory responsibility and authority, vis. :

“Any city, village, county or township may operate a system of public recreation and playgrounds; acquire,…