Category: California Courts of Appeal Opinions

[Civ. No. 8426. Second Appellate District, Division One. November 20, 1934.] BEVERLY RAE SHANE, a Minor, etc., Respondent, v. THE HOSPITAL OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and Philip C. Sterry for Appellant. John H. Klenke and Elbert E. Hensley for Respondent. OPINION Hahn, J., pro tem. This appeal […]

[Civ. No. 8083. Second Appellate District, Division One. November 20, 1934.] GEORGE H. SMITH, as Administrator, etc, Appellant, v. EFREM ZIMBALIST, Respondent. COUNSEL Bicksler, Smith, Parke & Catlin and Frank D. Catlin, Jr., for Appellant. Glen Behymer and B. L. Hoyt for Respondent. OPINION Houser, J. From the “findings of fact” made pursuant to the […]

[Civ. No. 9382. First Appellate District, Division Two. November 20, 1934.] THEODORE M. STUART, Respondent, v. JOHN W. PRESTON et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Hatch & Mahl, C. F. Rafferty and Fitzgerald, Abbott & Beardsley for Appellants. Casper A. Ornbaun, Everett H. Roan and Livingston & Livingston, Amici Curiae on Behalf of Appellants. John Francis Neylan, […]

[Civ. No. 9283. First Appellate District, Division One. November 20, 1934.] EVA DEL CARLO, a Minor, etc., Respondent, v. GIOVANNI OBERTI, Appellant. COUNSEL Cooley, Crowley & Supple for Appellant. J. Francis Shirley for Respondent. OPINION McNutt, J., pro tem. In the daytime, in a residential section, while several children, among them plaintiff, a girl aged […]

[Civ. No. 1454. Fourth Appellate District. November 19, 1934.] In the Matter of the Estate of PHILLIP HENRY BUSCH, Deceased. WILLIAM CHARLES BUSCH, Appellant, v. SAMERIDA DAVIES et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Burton E. Hales and H. O. Harrawood for Appellant. Sarau & Thompson and A. Heber Winder for Respondents. OPINION Barnard, P. J. The appellant […]

[Crim. No. 172. Fourth Appellate District. November 19, 1934.] THE PEOPLE, Appellant, v. BERT BRUNWIN et al., Respondents. COUNSEL U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, Frank Richards, Deputy Attorney-General, Thos. Scott, District Attorney, Norman E. Main, Deputy District Attorney, and F. E. Borton for Appellant. Hyman Schwartz and J. R. Dorsey for Respondents. OPINION Jennings, J. The People […]

[Crim. No. 175. Fourth Appellate District. November 19, 1934.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. PHILIP PETRILLE, Appellant. COUNSEL Frank Curran, L. B. Fowler, J. G. Crichton and Tom Okawara for Appellant. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, and Bayard Rhone, Deputy Attorney-General, for Respondent. [2 Cal. App. 2d 282] OPINION Jennings, J. The information against the defendant filed by […]

[Civ. No. 9398. First Appellate District, Division Two. November 19, 1934.] VIN R. COWGILL, Appellant, v. HANS RASMUSSEN, Respondent. COUNSEL Hugh L. Hagen for Appellant. Decoto & St. Sure for Respondent. [2 Cal. App. 2d 280] OPINION Nourse, P. J. Plaintiff sued for damages for personal injuries and the jury returned a verdict for the […]

[Civ. No. 9178. First Appellate District, Division One. November 17, 1934.] SAN JOSE PACIFIC BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION (a Corporation), Respondent, v. AUGUSTA’ CORUM, Appellant. COUNSEL Alfred J. Hennessy and George D. Collins, Jr., for Appellant. Breed, Burpee & Robinson for Respondent. OPINION The Court. This is a summary proceeding in unlawful detainer based upon […]

[Crim. No. 2603. Second Appellate District, Division One. November 16, 1934.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent. v. MANUEL GAMA, Appellant. COUNSEL Gladys Towles Root for Appellant. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, and Eugene M. Elson, Deputy Attorney-General, for Respondent. [2 Cal. App. 2d 275] OPINION York, J. Appellant was charged by information filed by the district attorney of Los […]

[Civ. No. 8087. Second Appellate District, Division One. November 16, 1934.] HERBERT A. PAYNE, Respondent. v. SANTA BARBARA COTTAGE HOSPITAL (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL Heaney, Price & Postel, George L. Greer and Margaret Dunn Kamper for Appellant. Hill, Morgan & Bledsoe, Vincent Morgan and Stanley S. Burrill for Respondent. OPINION Edmonds, J., pro tem. This […]

[Civ. No. 8545. Second Appellate District, Division One. November 16, 1934.] FRANK NAKAMOTO et al., Appellants, v. LOUIS TESTINO et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Fred A. Shaeffer and David F. Hart for Appellants. Preisker, Goble & Twitchell and Thomas P. Weldon for Respondents. OPINION Houser, J. This appeal is based upon a judgment that was rendered […]

[Civ. No. 9039. First Appellate District, Division Two. November 16, 1934.] LILIAN ROSS, as Administratrix, etc., Appellant, v. ARTHUR HIERONYMUS, Respondent. COUNSEL Alfred Nelson for Appellant. David C. Dutton and Lewis E. Lercara for Respondent. OPINION Sturtevant, J. As administratrix of the estate of her deceased husband, the plaintiff commenced an action to obtain damages […]

[Civ. No. 9248. First Appellate District, Division One. November 16, 1934.] SOL ADLER, Respondent, v. WELLS FARGO BANK & UNION TRUST CO. (a Corporation), as Executor, etc., Appellant. COUNSEL Alfred Voyce and George M. Naus for Appellant. Edgar C. Levey and Leon Samuels for Respondent. OPINION Jamison, J., pro tem. The only question presented for […]

[Crim. No. 2604. Second Appellate District, Division Two. November 15, 1934.] In the Matter of the Application of FLOYD STEWART for a Writ of Habeas Corpus. COUNSEL Alexander L. Oster for Petitioner. Buron Fitts, District Attorney, and Tracy Chatfield Becker, Deputy District Attorney, for Respondent. OPINION Willis, J., pro tem. The return to the writ […]

[Civ. No. 8070. Second Appellate District, Division One. November 15, 1934.] EDWARD D. BROWN, Respondent, v. THE BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Erwin P. Werner, City Attorney, Frederick von Schrader, Assistant City Attorney, and G. Ellsworth Meyer, Deputy City Attorney, for Appellants. Paul Taylor and Richard […]

[Crim. No. 2549. Second Appellate District, Division One. November 15, 1934.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. CLIFFORD F. WALLACE, Appellant. COUNSEL Ben W. McLendon and Jarrett Beckett for Appellant. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, and William F. Cleary, Deputy Attorney-General, for Respondent. OPINION The Court. Defendant appeals from a judgment of conviction that was rendered against him pursuant […]

[Civ. No. 9612. First Appellate District, Division Two. November 15, 1934.] In the Matter of the Estate of ISABELLE G. BOYLE, Deceased. ELLEN GHEEN, as Administratrix With the Will Annexed, etc., Appellant, v. MARY BOYLE et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Joseph Farry for Appellant. Eugene H. O’Donnell for Respondent. OPINION Spence, J. This is an appeal […]

[Civ. No. 9380. First Appellate District, Division One. November 15, 1934.] ERA EVELINE NAYLOR, Respondent, v. CHARLES B. NAYLOR, as Executor, etc., Appellant. COUNSEL Edward E. Craig and Charles C. Loosli for Appellant. William T. Paullin and Alfin N. Nelson for Respondent. OPINION Tyler, P. J. Action by a wife against the estate of her […]

[Civ. No. 8056. Second Appellate District, Division One. November 14, 1934.] FRANK C. SHOEMAKER, Respondent, v. OTTO B. GOLDMAN et al., Appellants. COUNSEL O. B. Goldman, in pro. per., for Appellants. Frank C. Shoemaker, in pro. per., for Respondent. OPINION Edmonds, J., pro tem. This is an appeal from a judgment for attorney’s fees rendered […]

[Crim. No. 2623. Second Appellate District, Division One. November 14, 1934.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. JOHN J. McFADDEN, Appellant. COUNSEL Olin N. McKay for Appellant. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, and John O. Palstine, Deputy Attorney-General, for Respondent. OPINION The Court. By information in two counts the defendant was charged with the crime of violation of section […]

[Civ. No. 9166. First Appellate District, Division One. November 14, 1934.] ANNE FINDLAY, Respondent, v. ANGELA J. COYLE, as Administratrix, etc., Appellant. COUNSEL Andrew F. Burke for Appellant. Dunne, Dunne & Cook and John Elliott Cook for Respondent. OPINION Jamison, J., pro tem. This action is upon a rejected claim. The complaint contains two counts. […]

[Civ. No. 5040. Third Appellate District. November 13, 1934.] E. A. LYNCH, as Trustee in Bankruptcy, etc., Appellant, v. BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION (a Corporation) et al., Respondents; H. W. FORCE et al., Cross-Complainants and Appellants. COUNSEL Joseph L. Lewinson and Benjamin S. Crow for Appellant. Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro for […]

[Civ. No. 5150. Third Appellate District. November 13, 1934.] THOMAS V. EISENHUTH, Respondent, v. DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR, VEHICLES et al., Appellants. COUNSEL U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, Emmett J. Peterson, Deputy Attorney-General, and John A. McGilvray for Appellants. Elliott, Atkinson & Sitton and W. A. Latta for Respondent. OPINION Plummer, J. The petitioner above named was awarded […]

[Civ. No. 9214. First Appellate District, Division Two. November 13, 1934.] J. L. SMITH, Respondent, v. I. D. KLOPSTOCK et al., Defendants; GRACE E. KLOPSTOCK, Executrix, etc., et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Gus C. Ringole for Appellants. J. L. Schiller and J. L. Smith for Respondent. OPINION Spence, J. Plaintiff, as assignee of Thomas Hewitt, brought […]