CITY OF DEARBORN v. SUGDEN & SIVIER, INC.

Docket No. 64, Calendar No. 46,475.

343 Mich. 257 (1955)

72 N.W.2d 185

CITY OF DEARBORN v. SUGDEN & SIVIER, INC.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided October 3, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dale H. Fillmore, Corporation Counsel, B. Ward Smith, Deputy Corporation Counsel, and James A. Broderick, Assistant Corporation Counsel, for plaintiff.

Harold Helper, for defendant.

Thomas M. Kavanagh, Attorney General, Edmund E. Shepherd, Solicitor General, and Ernest O. Zirkalos, Assistant Attorney General, for intervenor, State of Michigan.

Amici Curiae:

W. Vincent Nash, City Attorney, Saginaw.

Forbes S. Hascall, City Attorney, Birmingham.

Paul T. Dwyer, Corporation Counsel, Lawrence E. Eaton, Assistant Corporation Counsel, Detroit.

William C. Hudson, City Attorney, Royal Oak.

William J. Kane, City Attorney, Flint.

William A. Ewart, City Attorney, Pontiac.

Alvin G. Dahlem, City Attorney, Jackson.


CARR, C.J.

The appellant corporation was prosecuted in the municipal court of the city of Dearborn for an alleged violation of the traffic ordinance of said city. The complaint filed alleged that on the 3d of May, 1954, defendant, being the owner of a certain GMC truck and semitrailer, knowingly caused and permitted said motor vehicle to be operated on Ford road in the city of Dearborn with an excessive axle load. It is...

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