Sec. 605. Circuit courts have original jurisdiction to hear and determine all civil claims and remedies, except where exclusive jurisdiction is given in the constitution or by statute to some other court or where the circuit courts are denied jurisdiction by the constitution or statutes of this state.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.605
Circuit court; original jurisdiction
Applied in 77 court decisions — leading case Rinaldo's Construction Corp. v. Michigan Bell Telephone Co. (1997)
Most recently applied in 326 Mich. App. 433 - Petersen Financial LLC v. City of Kentwood (November 2018)
1961, Act 236, Eff
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