D. J. Miller v. County of Los Angeles, a Political Subdivision of the State of California

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341 F.2d 964
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitApril 22, 196519424California1,098 words

Opinion

Opinion

Jertberg, J.

Appellant, in propria persona, a citizen and resident of the State of Nevada, appeals from an order of the District Court dismissing, without leave to amend, the action instituted by appellant against ap-pellee in the District Court.

The complaint filed by appellant is repetitious, inartificially and unskillfully drawn, and contains much irrelevant matter. It contains two Counts, Count II of which apparently purports to be a claim against appellee by way of a class action, under which appellant prays that the ap-pellee be ordered to “pay any monies received in excess of the taxes due from the sale of tax delinquent property to the former owners thereof.” Said Count contains no allegation that appellant claims to be a member of such class.

We glean from Count I of the complaint that appellant claims to be the owner of 200 acres of specifically described real property located in the County of Los Angeles, State of California, title to and possession of which is in appellee as purchaser of the property at a surreptitious tax sale of property conducted by the tax collector of appellee. It is charged that the tax sale proceedings culminating with the acquisition of title by appellee…

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