County of Los Angeles v. Superior Court

By this proceeding in prohibition, petitioners, county of Los Angeles and city of Los Angeles seek to restrain respondent superior court from trying 100 or more tax actions wherein the county is named as sole defendant, without first joining as additional parties defendant, the city of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles City School District, Los Angeles City High School District, and Los Angeles City Junior College District.

The actions were brought under section 3804 of the Political Code by respective claimants numbering upwards of 1500, to procure the refund of an aggregate amount of…