Category: California Courts of Appeal Opinions

[Civ. No. 5002. Third Appellate District. November 5, 1934.] L. L. LOMBARD, Respondent, v. HAROLD SWALL et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Neumiller & Ditz and R. L. Beardslee for Appellants. Gumpert & Mazzera, C. H. Hogan and Erwin C. Easton for Respondent. OPINION Thompson, J. The defendants have appealed from an order granting a new trial […]

[Civ. No. 1146. Fourth Appellate District. November 5, 1934.] UNION TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY (a Corporation), Plaintiff, v. THE MAYTAG COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant; BAY TRUST COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Gray, Cary, Ames & Driscoll and J. M. Cranston for Appellant. D. C. Collier and Hillyer & Boldman for Respondents. OPINION Jennings, J. […]

[Civ. No. 1300. Fourth Appellate District. November 5, 1934.] HARRY FAITH et al., Appellants, v. E. MORELLO et al., Respondents. COUNSEL W. H. Stammer and Percy C. Church for Appellants. Ray W. Hays for Respondents. OPINION Jennings, J. A rehearing was granted in this case in order to give further consideration to certain contentions advanced […]

[Civ. No. 1492. Fourth Appellate District. November 5, 1934.] DR. J. VON GAL-SCALE et al., Appellants, v. J. P. COTTRELL, Respondent. COUNSEL Eugene L. Wolver for Appellants. Emery B. Tyler for Respondent. OPINION Barnard, P. J. This is an action to quiet title involving certain mining claims. All prior and subsequent locators were made parties […]

[Civ. No. 5165. Third Appellate District. November 5, 1934.] ALICE D. McLEAN, Respondent, v. KARL M. LADEWIG et al., Appellants. COUNSEL H. H. Carleton and Robert H. Schwab for Appellants. Louis T. Milburn for Respondent. OPINION Held, J., pro tem. The amended complaint herein contains two causes of action; the first being the ordinary suit […]

[Civ. No. 5074. Third Appellate District. November 5, 1934.] ALICE HOUSH, Respondent, v. PACIFIC STATES LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL J. F. Riley for Appellant. Neumiller & Ditz, E. E. Breitenbucher and Charles H. Epperson for Respondent. OPINION Pullen, P. J. This appeal is from a judgment in favor of plaintiff and involves […]

[Civ. No. 5123. Third Appellate District. November 5, 1934.] I. GROOBMAN, Appellant, v. F. M. PFEIFFER, Respondent. COUNSEL Miller & Kepple for Appellant. Ware & Ware for Respondent. OPINION Plummer, J. This cause is before us upon an appeal by the plaintiff from an order of the trial court denying plaintiff’s petition for a change […]

[Civ. No. 5145. Third Appellate District. November 5, 1934.] J. A. HANEY, Appellant, v. K. TAKAKURA, Respondent. COUNSEL Gumpert & Mazerra and C. H. Hogan for Appellant. Nutter & Rutherford, A. P. Hayne and D. R. Jacobs for Respondent. OPINION Plummer, J. The plaintiff and the defendant in this action were, during the times mentioned […]

[Crim. No. 2573. Second Appellate District, Division One. November 2, 1934.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. ARMAND MURIETA, Appellant. COUNSEL J. Harvey Hearn for Appellant. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, and Eugene M. Elson, Deputy Attorney-General, for Respondent. [1 Cal. App. 2d 728] OPINION Houser, J. Defendant was convicted on each of three counts of robbery and on […]

[Appellate Department, Superior Court of Los Angeles County. Crim. A. No. 1046. May 11, 1934.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. H. C. ARTHUR, Appellant. COUNSEL Raymond F. Body for Appellant. Ray L. Chesebro, City Attorney, and John L. Bland, Deputy City Attorney, for Respondent. OPINION Shaw, P. J. This prosecution was brought under the State Pharmacy […]

[Appellate Department, Superior Court of Los Angeles County. Crim. A. No. 1029. April 27, 1934.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. FERNANDO GARCIA et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Saul S. Klein for Appellants. Ray L. Chesebro, City Attorney, Ernest K. Maine, Assistant City Attorney, and John L. Bland, Deputy City Attorney, for Respondent. OPINION Shaw, P. J. We […]

[Crim. No. 2622. Second Appellate District, Division Two. October 18, 1934.] In the Matter of the Application of PHILIP J. GUERTIN for a Writ of Habeas Corpus. COUNSEL Gladys Towles Root for Petitioner. Buron Fitts, District Attorney, and Tracy Chatfield Becker, Deputy District Attorney, for Respondent. OPINION OF THE COURT Memorandum Desmond, J. [1] The […]

[Civ. No. 5220. Third Appellate District. October 4, 1934.] BENNY WAGNER, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL Wallace Shepherd, William B. Hornblower and R. C. Fleming for Petitioner. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, and Ralph H. Cowing, Deputy Attorney-General, for Respondent. OPINION OF THE COURT Memorandum The Court. This […]

[Civ. No. 1125. Fourth Appellate District. September 24, 1934.] S. G. NORTH et al., Respondents, v. SAN DIEGO TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK (a Corporation) et al., Defendants; J. K. WILSON et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Frank J. Macomber for Appellants. S. G. North, in pro. per., for Respondents. OPINION OF THE COURT Memorandum Marks, J. This […]

[Civ. No. 5049. Third Appellate District. November 5, 1934.] JOHN UTELLUS SMALLEY, Respondent, v. MOUNTAIN STATES LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL J. F. Riley for Appellant. H. B. Churchill for Respondent. OPINION Plummer, J. The plaintiff had judgment against the defendant in this action for compensation at the rate of $100 per month […]

[Crim. No. 2580. Second Appellate District, Division One. November 2, 1934.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. EMERALD C. LITTLEFIELD, Appellant. COUNSEL Gladys Towles Root for Appellant. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, and Seibert L. Sefton, Deputy Attorney-General, for Respondent. OPINION Houser, J. Defendant appeals from a judgment which followed his conviction of the crime of rape; also from […]

[Civ. No. 8913. Second Appellate District, Division Two. November 5, 1934.] MANUEL A. SILVA, Respondent, v. TONY RODERICK, Appellant. COUNSEL Fred A. Shaeffer for Appellant. Preisker, Goble & Twitchell and Morris J. Stephan for Respondent. OPINION Willis, J., pro tem. Plaintiff in the court below brought suit against appellant and one Harry E. Fryer, constable […]

[Civ. No. 9429. Second Appellate District, Division One. November 5, 1934.] ELIZABETH HELEN COMBES, Respondent, v. GORDON C. BOND et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Cruickshank, Brooke & Evans and James B. Boyle for Appellants. Paul Blackwood and Bingham Gray for Respondent. OPINION The Court. This is a motion to dismiss the appeal from a judgment rendered […]

[Civ. No. 8400. Second Appellate District, Division One. November 5, 1934.] O. G. BENJAMIN, Respondent, v. FRANK D. McCLURE, Appellant. COUNSEL Frank D. McClure, in pro. per., and Gordon X. Richmond for Appellant. Will H. Winston for Respondent. OPINION The Court. A sale of the property of the Bolivar Holding Company, a corporation, was set […]

[Civ. No. 8585. Second Appellate District, Division One. November 5, 1934.] R. D. RIGALL et al., Respondents, v. CLIF LEWIS, Appellant. COUNSEL Chase, Barnes & Chase for Appellant. Meserve, Mumper, Hughes & Robertson, Baldwin Robertson and Scott N. Thompson for Respondents. OPINION Houser, J. In an action brought for the purpose of recovering a judgment […]

[Civ. No. 9611. First Appellate District, Division Two. November 5, 1934.] In the Matter of the Estate of JOHN H. TROY, Deceased. E. C. STREET, Trustee in Bankruptcy, Appellant, v. L. M. REINCKE et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Charles H. Patterson for Appellant. [1 Cal. App. 2d 734] Orrick, Palmer & Dahlquist and Fabius T. Finch […]

[Crim. No. 262. Fourth Appellate District. November 2, 1934.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. J. LABH SINGH et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Harry W. Horton and De Forrest Home for Appellants. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, James S. Howie, Deputy Attorney-General, Elmer W. Heald, District Attorney, and H. A. Wolford, Deputy District Attorney, for Respondent. OPINION Marks, J. Appellants, […]

[Civ. No. 8073. Second Appellate District, Division One. November 1, 1934.] C. I. MACFARLANE, Appellant, v. ROBERT FAULKNER et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Bordwell, Mathews & Wadsworth and John H. Mathews for Appellant. Jesse E. Jacobson and August J. O’Connor for Respondents. OPINION Houser, J. Plaintiff Macfarlane, doing business as Inyo County Abstract Company, issued a […]

[Civ. No. 9157. First Appellate District, Division Two. November 1, 1934.] SADIE S. FOORMAN, Respondent, v. MICHAEL MYERS et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Alma M. Myers for Appellants. Edw. R. Solinsky for Respondent. OPINION Nourse, P. J. Plaintiff, in two consolidated actions, sought to collect from defendants unpaid rentals under a written lease which was executed […]

[Civ. No. 8032. Second Appellate District, Division One. October 31, 1934.] GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA (a Corporation), Respondent, v. WELLS FARGO BANK AND UNION TRUST COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant. GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA (a Corporation), Respondent, v. WELLS FARGO BANK AND UNION TRUST COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Appellants. […]