Ziegler v. Nickel

Opinion

ALDRICH, J.

Introduction

Plaintiff, Mighty Oak Trust, appeals from the order of the trial court directing Jimmy Dean Ziegler, trustee, to withdraw as attorney for the trust and engage a licensed attorney to represent the Trust in its lawsuit against defendants Earl and Thelia Nickel. After analyzing a novel issue in California, we hold the trial court’s order was proper.

Factual and Procedural Background

This action was commenced by Ziegler as trustee of the Mighty Oak Trust (Trust) alleging, as sellers of a certain mobilehome to the Trust, defendants had intentionally failed to disclose…