Edward Thompson Co. v. Maynard

Plaintiff, having a judgment against the principal defendant, instituted garnishment proceedings against the State of Michigan, serving the writ of garnishment upon the governor and the attorney general. The trial court held this service good. Appellant contends that Act No. 314, Pub. Acts 1915, chap. 76, § 30, as amended by Act No. 233, Pub. Acts 1919, being 3 Comp. Laws 1929, § 16204, is not operative against the State in as much as no officer or officers of the State, or other State agency, is designated by the statute upon whom service of process may be made.

The trial court held the…