Warren v. Scott

OPINION

CANTRELL, Judge.

The plaintiff, whose funds had been held by the Circuit Court Clerk of Maury County for a short time, sued the clerk for the interest earned and sought to represent a plaintiff’s class against a defendant’s class comprised of all court clerks in the state. The chancellor refused to certify the class action and held the plaintiff’s claim was barred by the statute of limitations. We affirm.

I. Facts and Procedural History

When the City of Columbia condemned some property in which the plaintiff had an interest and paid the estimated price into court, the circuit court clerk,…