Court Opinion

ID: 9701429
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-25 22:19:28.897829+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:21:23.695484
License: Public Domain

G. R. Deneweth, J.
(concurring). I concur in the result reached by the majority herein. I write only to indicate a difference with my brothers relative to the question of costs.
I would vote to assess costs under GCR 1963, 816.5, as prayed for by the defendant. It appears to this writer that this entire litigation has been wholly frivolous and vexatious and is of a type which, unfortunately, has become popular of late, with consequent myriad bottlenecks created in judicial process. The defendant is entitled to costs, especially in view of the fact that the defense of this wholly frivolous proceeding has required financing out of public tax dollars which would have been better spent elsewhere for much more important and worthy purposes.