Legal Opinion

Steger v. Immen

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided July 6, 1909No. Docket No. 61PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Error to the,superior court of Grand Rapids; Stuart, J. Case by Otto F. Steger against Loraine Immen, special administratrix of the estate of Frederick Immen, deceased, for personal injuries. A judgment sustaining a demurrer to the declaration is reviewed by plaintiff on writ of error.

1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.

This action was brought against Frederick Immen in his lifetime, and has been revived in the name of the special administratrix. The case was disposed of on demurrer to the declaration. The demurrer, having been sustained, the plaintiff brought error. The action was to recover damages for a personal injury, alleged to have resulted from the defendant’s negligence.

In brief, the declaration avers that the defendant was owner of a building in the city of Grand Eapids known as “The Loraine.” It was a five-story tenement flat. From the upper story to the basement there was a shaft of about 2 feet…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Bedell v. BerkeyMichigan Supreme Court · 1889
  2. Massey v. SellerOregon Supreme Court · 1904
  3. Gaffney v. BrownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1890
  4. Hutchins v. Priestly Express Wagon & Sleigh Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1886

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  5. Neeb v. JacobsonMichigan Supreme Court · 1929

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