Millman Brothers, Inc. v. City of Detroit

This case is an appeal from a determination in common pleas court for the city of Detroit in favor of the plaintiff-appellee in the sum of $800. The appellant, the city of Detroit, is claiming the lower court lacked jurisdiction over the subject matter of this action and therefore their determination is void.

This action arose from alleged damages caused by a public works snow removal truck clearing Woodward avenue in Detroit of ice in March of 1964. The ice chunks being removed by defendant’s truck hit plaintiff’s store front plate glass window and shattered three window lights, caused carpet…