Klass v. City of Detroit

The plaintiff claims to have been injured through a failure of the defendant to keep its street in repair on the 31st of December, 1895. On January 7, 1896, his petition was presexxted to the common council in compliance with the statute (section 46 of an act approved June 1, 1895), which provides that:

“No action shall be brought against said city, nor any of its boards, commissions, or officers, for any negligent injury, unless it be commenced within one year from the time when the injury was received, nor xxnless notice shall be given in writing, within three months from the time of such…