City of Detroit v. Detroit Commercial College

Decided September 8, 1948. Edward M. Sharpe wrote the opinion for the court.

33 N.W.2d 737 · Cited 66 times

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• Engineering Society of Detroit v. City of Detroit · 14 N.W.2d 79
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