Gage v. Township of Pittsfield
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Washtenaw; Kinne, J. Case by Joseph E. Gage against the township of Pitts-field for personal injuries. Prom a judgment for plaintiff, defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
Plaintiff recovered a judgment of ■ $250 against the defendant for injuries received by reason of a defective highway, from which judgment defendant appeals.
The accident occurred near Pittsfield Junction. It was the claim of plaintiff that the highway was laid out in 1882, and had been in use ever since. It was the claim of defendant that the proceedings to lay out the highway were void, and that it had not been used as a highway for 10 years. The records relating to laying out the highway were offered in evidence. Their admission is said to he error, because the proceedings were defective. ■…
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