Title: GEHRING v WARNER
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 13113
State: Montana
Issuer: Montana Supreme Court
Date: February 19, 1976

No. 13113 I N T H E SUPREME C O U R T OF THE STATE OF M O N T A N A 1976 JACK B. GEHRING, P l a i n t i f f and Appellant, W. E. WARNER: A l l S t a t e of Montana Department of Revenue Employees and/or agents, Defendants and Respondents. Appeal from: D i s t r i c t Court of t h e F i r s t J u d i c i a l D i s t r i c t , Hon. Nat Allen, Judge presiding. Counsel of Record : For Appellant : Jack Gehring, Pro Se, Helena, Montana For Kespondents : R. Bruce McGinnis, Helena, Montana Argument Submitted on Briefs Submitted: January 26, 1976 Decided : 3It. PER CURIAM: P l a i n t i f f f i l e d a p e t i t i o n i n t h e d i s t r i c t c o u r t , Lewis and Clark County, seeking i n j u n c t i v e r e l i e f a g a i n s t t h e Montana Department of Revenue and i t s agents. The d i s t r i c t c o u r t dismissed t h e p e t i t i o n f o r f a i l u r e t o s t a t e a claim. P l a i n t i f f appeals from t h i s dismissal. P l a i n t i f f i s Jack B. Gehring who f i l e d a p e t i t i o n pro se i n t h e d i s t r i c t c o u r t i n which he " * * * r e q u e s t s a injunc- t i o n t o r e s t r a i n defendants from i n j u r i n g i n any way Jack B. Gehring l i f e , l i b e r t y o r property without a t r i a l by jury." and " * * * from proceeding with any f u t u r e , p r e s e n t proceedings i n any communations, l e i n s , s a l e s and t o include any o t h e r such a c t i o n * * *." Defendants f i l e d a motion t o dismiss t h e p e t i t i o n o r complaint on t h e ground t h a t it f a i l e d t o s t a t e a c l a i m upon which r e l i e f could be granted. Following a hearing a t which p l a i n t i f f was given an opportunity t o bring o u t t h e f a c t s under- l y i n g h i s claim f o r r e l i e f , t h e d i s t r i c t c o u r t , t h e Hon. Nat Allen, d i s t r i c t judge presiding, granted t h e motion t o dismiss. A n order and judgment of dismissal w a s entered on J u l y 1, 1975. P l a i n t i f f a ~ p e a l s . The i s s u e on appeal i s whether p l a i n t i f f ' s p e t i t i o n o r complaint was properly dismissed. W e a f f i r m t h e d i s t r i c t c o u r t ' s dismissal. The p e t i t i o n o r complaint f a i l s t o state any f a c t s e n t i t l i n g p l a i n t i f f t o i n j u n c t i v e r e l i e f a s required by s e c t i o n 93-4205, R.C.M. 1947. N o statement o r a l l e g a t i o n s a r e made con- cerning what t h e department of revenue o r i t s agents i s doing o r threatening t o do. Apparently t h e r e i s some d i s p u t e o r c o n f l i c t between p l a i n t i f f and t h e department of revenue but w e are l e f t i n t h e dark a s t o what it is. The d i s t r i c t judge pointed t h i s o u t t o p l a i n t i f f a t t h e hearing: "JUDGE ALLEN: M r . Gehring, I d o n ' t see f a c t s i n t h i s p e t i t i o n , do you? "MR. GEHRING: The f a c t t h a t they wanted t o sell m y property is enough f a c t . "JUDGE ALLEN: I t d o e s n ' t say t h a t i n t h i s p e t i t i o n . What property and where does it say anything about i t ? "MR. GEHRING: I would not know. "JUDGE ALLEN: I f you d o n ' t know t h i s Court d o e s n ' t know. The motion is sustained and t h i s c a s e i s dismissed and t h i s Court is adjourned." N o f a c t u a l b a s i s f o r i n j u n c t i v e r e l i e f appearing, t h e p e t i t i o n o r complaint of t h e p l a i n t i f f was properly dismissed by t h e d i s t r i c t c o u r t . Affirmed .