Locke v. City of Detroit

This is an appeal from a judgment for the plaintiffs in a class suit, brought under Court •Rule No 16, § 1 (1945), by and on behalf of the employees or former employees of the recorder’s court of Detroit, to recover compensation withheld from them by the city during the fiscal years 1932 to 1934 on account of financial difficulties in which the city was then involved. Like suits have been before this. Court for review in other cases, to which reference will later be made. In the instant case, the trial court without jury entered judgment for the plaintiffs, and the defendant city appeals.

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