Glass v. Dudley Paper Company

Plaintiffs, husband and wife, “sued in the Ingham county circuit court for damages • resulting from injuries allegedly sustained by the wife when a glass milk container, purchased from defendant State board, crumbled in her hand. Defendant board moved to dismiss as to it on the ground of lack of jurisdiction in that court, contending that it.reposes, exclusively in the court of claims. The motion was granted. Plaintiffs appeal..

The question presented is a jurisdictional one. Michigan Constitution of 1908, art 11, § 8, provides that the defendant, the State hoard of agriculture, now known as…