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HARGIS v. CITY OF DEARBORN HEIGHTS

Docket Nos. 9171, 9292.

34 Mich. App. 594 (1971)

192 N.W.2d 44

HARGIS v. CITY OF DEARBORN HEIGHTS

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided June 24, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bank, Pollick & Wartell, for plaintiff.

Alexander, Buchanan & Conklin (by Perry J. Seavitt), for defendant City of Dearborn Heights.

Martin, Bohall, Joselyn, Halsey & Rowe, P.C., for defendant Board of Wayne County Road Commissioners.

Before: DANHOF, P.J., and McGREGOR and LEVIN, JJ.

Leave to appeal denied, 386 Mich. 751.

LEVIN, J.

Jerry Michael Hargis, age eight, drowned in the Ecorse drain. His father, as administrator of his estate, commenced this action under the wrongful death act against the defendants, City of Dearborn Heights and County Road Commissioners of the County of Wayne. The defendants appeal from a jury verdict in plaintiff's favor.

The Ecorse drain is an open drain meandering through western Wayne County. Jerry...

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