PARTIES - REPRESENTATIVE SUITS - IS REPRESENTED PERSON A PARTY?

Authors

Michigan Law Review, University of Michigan Law School

Abstract

The petitioner was a member of the class against whom a decree was rendered in a class suit. The petitioner was not named as a party and had no actual notice of the proceedings although notice was published according to court rules. After the time for appeal had expired, petitioner filed a petition to reopen the decree, under the terms of a statute which gave this right to any defendant against whom a court had rendered a decree without personal service. The petition was dismissed and the petitioner appealed. Held, order affirmed because the petitioner was not a party to the suit within the terms of the statute. American State Savings Bank, Trustee, v. American State Savings Bank, 288 Mich. 78,284 N. W. 652 (1939).

Recommended Citation

Michigan Law Review, PARTIES - REPRESENTATIVE SUITS - IS REPRESENTED PERSON A PARTY?, 38 Mich. L. Rev. 419 (1940).
Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol38/iss3/21