Marguerite E. Wright Trust v. Dept. of Rev.

*535JONES, J.

Robert J. Wright, a non-lawyer, filed a complaint in the Oregon Tax Court in which the Marguerite E. Wright Trust as plaintiff sued the Department of Revenue and Lane County Department of Assessment and Taxation. Without making any reference to his status, Wright signed the complaint as “Robert J. Wright, [street address], Noti, Oregon.” On June 6, 1983, the Tax Court granted defendant Department of Revenue’s motion to strike the plaintiffs complaint on the grounds that the complaint was not signed by a party or a member of the Oregon State Bar. The order gave plaintiff 15 days’…