White v. Zeff

Facts

Plaintiff instituted this action in the Wayne County Circuit Court pursuant to GCR 1963, 908, which makes attorneys subject to the "summary jurisdiction” of the circuit courts in claims brought against them by clients. Plaintiffs complaint alleged that defendant attorneys wrongfully possessed funds due him as part of the proceeds of a personal injury judgment he won in New York State. Plaintiff averred that he had an oral contract with defendants in respect to compensation for their services in the personal injury case and that they breached this contract by re*522taining amounts in excess…