holding no governmental immunity for county
How later courts described this case
- holding no governmental immunity for county
- “Sovereign immunity is a specific term limited in its application to the State and to the departments, commissions, boards, institutions, and instrumentalities of the State.”
- the common law and statutes abide unless “changed, amended or repealed”
- opinion by O’Hara, J.
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
Dethmers, J.
(dissenting). I dissent from the opinion of Mr. Justice O’Hara for the reasons stated in the opinion of Mr. Justice Carr in Williams v. City of Detroit, 364 Mich 231 , and, accordingly hold for affirmance. No costs.
Kelly, J., concurred with Dethmers, J.
Smith, J., did not sit.