Edward Thompson Co. v. Maynard

By this appeal in the nature of certiorari the question presented is whether or not the State of Michigan is subject to garnishment process. There is also the question as to whether jurisdiction may be obtained by service of process on the governor and attorney general. Leave having been granted, the State has appealed from a decision in the circuit court holding affirmatively on each of the above questions.

The State being sovereign, suit in its own courts cannot be maintained against it except the sovereign State by its own laws so provides. Aplin, Auditor General, v. Van Tassel,Treasurer of…