Tracer v. Bushre

Plaintiff sued defendants in the circuit court for Genesee county for money allegedly due under an oral contract to build a residence. Defendants moved for summary judgment on the ground that plaintiff was not licensed as a residential builder as required by PA 1953, No 208, as amended (CLS 1961, § 338.971 et seq. [Stat Ann 1957 Kev and Stat Ann 1961 Cum Supp §18.86(1), et seq.]),1 and that, therefore, plaintiff was barred from recovery by the statute.

*293The motion for summary judgment was granted. Appeal was taken to the Court of Appeals, challenging the constitutionality of the cited statute.…