Dupree v. CIT Bank, N.A., No. A163903, 2023 Cal. App. LEXIS 431 (Ct. App. May 31, 2023)
This suit was filed in the name of a trust, not its trustee. After lengthy litigation with the original defendants, an intervenor moved to expunge the lis pendens on the ground that the trust was not a legal entity and could not sue in its own name. The trial court agreed, held it had no subject matter jurisdiction, and dismissed… Read More