A Man Sued Himself For His Own Estate

Oreste Lodi went to court by himself in 1985. At least he tried to, however. He was suing because he was the recipient of a charity trust, according to his claim. The plaintiff Lodi demanded authority from the defendant Lodi. Even though it sounds complicated, it was thought that he was attempting to carry off some sort of tax scheme. After Lodi served himself with papers, the issue was that he remained silent. That meant his case was dismissed when he was almost given a verdict against himself. He then decided to challenge that judgment as a result of this.

The court concluded that the appeal didn't go very far and that there could be neither a winner nor a loser because the same person would be involved in both outcomes. The court's refusal to make Lodi pay court costs for bringing a pointless action was the only advantage he saw.

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