Potter v. Wayne County

This is an appeal of right from the grant of a summary judgment. The claim asserted is in the nature of a class action on behalf of the named plaintiff and all others (if any) similarly situated.

The common fact situation said to support the class action is that funds deposited with the clerk of the court of the Third Judicial Circuit were invested in interest-bearing accounts or securities *176and that the profit thereon was retained by the county rather than given to the "ultimate” owners of the funds. The common legal question is the claimed illegality of an order of the judges of the Third…