Sec. 1. Each organized city shall be a body corporate.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 117.1
Body corporate
Applied in 95 court decisions — leading case Detroit Police Officers Ass'n. v. City of Detroit (1974)
Most recently applied in Guertin v. State (January 2019)
1909, Act 279, Eff
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