Pocahontas S. S. Co. v. The Detroiter

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• concluding that, to show a county waived immunity under contract theory of waiver, the plaintiff must properly plead a valid contract between the plaintiff and the county
• recognizing that counties may waive immunity by entering into a contract
• finding that the county “is not protected by sovereign immunity as to a claim for breach of contract, if there was a valid contract between it and the plaintiff.”
• “Because we conclude that plaintiff has failed to state a claim [under Rule 12(b)(6)], we do not address the immunity issues raised by the parties.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).