Category: California Courts of Appeal Opinions

[Civ. No. 8022. Second Appellate District, Division One. October 23, 1934.] EVA BENEDICT, Appellant, v. LILLY LILLY, Respondent. COUNSEL Sparling & Teel for Appellant. Lyndol L. Young, M. K. Young and John C. Gillham for Respondent. OPINION York, J. [1] Appellant’s first point upon this appeal is that the evidence is insufficient to support the […]

[Civ. No. 9610. First Appellate District, Division Two. October 23, 1934.] In the Matter of the Estate of CHARLES JAMES HOWARD, Deceased. ADELAIDE ROWE MORRISON et al., Appellants, v. PHIL C. KATZ, as Administrator, etc., et al., Respondents. COUNSEL I. F. Chapman for Appellants. Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, S. Laz Lansburgh and S. Joseph Thiesen […]

[Crim. No. 169. Fourth Appellate District. October 22, 1934.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. LILLIAN DUNN et al., Appellants. COUNSEL George R. Anderson for Appellants. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, Frank Richards, Deputy Attorney-General, Walter C. Haight, District Attorney, and Sherrill Halbert, Deputy District Attorney, for Respondent. OPINION Marks, J. By an indictment returned by the grand jury […]

[Civ. No. 8781. Second Appellate District, Division Two. October 22, 1934.] LOUIS SAMUELS, Respondent, v. ISIDOR SINGER et al., Defendants; I. PRITSKER, Appellant. COUNSEL Kaye & Johnstone, W. W. Kaye and Homer Johnstone for Appellant. Mathes & Sheppard, James C. Sheppard and J. Stanley Mullin for Respondent. OPINION Willis, J., pro tem. This is an […]

[Civ. No. 8068. Second Appellate District, Division Two. October 22, 1934.] S. R. ROBINSON, Appellant, v. JULIA RAQUET et al., Respondents. COUNSEL William C. Mathes, Alford P. Olmstead, Wendell P. Hubbard and Lloyd Melvin Smith for Appellant. Murphy & Doherty for Respondents. [1 Cal. App. 2d 536] OPINION Willis, J., pro tem. This is an […]

[Civ. No. 9434. Second Appellate District, Division Two. October 22, 1934.] UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (a Corporation), Respondent, v. NANCY H. ROBBINS, Appellant. COUNSEL McAdoo & Neblett, Frank G. Swain and Judd D. Kimball for Appellant. [1 Cal. App. 2d 525] Scarborough & Bowen, Hill, Morgan & Bledsoe, Vincent Morgan, Stanley S. Burrill and Kenneth […]

[Civ. No. 8845. Second Appellate District, Division Two. October 22, 1934.] E.E. WILEY, Respondent, v. KATHLEEN SILSBEE, Appellant. COUNSEL David H. Cannon, Thomas G. Nairn and Reed E. Callister for Appellant. Arthur S. Guerin for Respondent. OPINION Willis, J., pro tem. Respondent, an attorney, brought this action against appellant to recover for professional services. He […]

[Crim. No. 2502. Second Appellate District, Division Two. October 22, 1934.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. CHLOE B. HOWE et al., Defendants; CHARLES O. HASKELL, Appellant. COUNSEL George D. Higgins for Appellant. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, and Warner I. Praul, Deputy Attorney-General, for Respondent. OPINION Scott, J., pro tem. Appellant was convicted in counts 1, 3, 5, […]

[Civ. No. 8097. Second Appellate District, Division One. October 22, 1934.] WILLIAM B. WEIR et al., as Trustees, etc., Respondents, v. NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL Meserve, Mumper, Hughes & Robertson and Timon E. Owens for Appellant. Hunsaker & Cosgrove and Cosgrove & O’Neil for Respondents. OPINION Houser, J. This is […]

[Civ. No. 9293. First Appellate District, Division Two. October 22, 1934.] FLORENCE WILSON, Respondent, v. LEE J. MILLER, Appellant. COUNSEL Leslie C. Gillen, Milton J. Coghlan, Leo J. McEnerney and McEnerney, Morris, Gillen & McEnerney for Appellant. Harry J. Bias for Respondent. OPINION Nourse, P. J. Plaintiff sued for damages resulting from an automobile collision. […]

[Civ. No. 9911. Second Appellate District, Division Two. October 20, 1934.] WILSON CHAPMAN, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent. COUNSEL Lynden Bowring for Petitioner. Everett W. Mattoon, County Counsel, Beach Vasey, Deputy County Counsel, Neil S. McCarthy, Earl L. Banta, Hawkins & Hawkins and E. A. Hawkins for Respondent. OPINION Stephens, […]

[Civ. No. 8816. Second Appellate District, Division Two. October, 20, 1934.] SOUTHERN GLASS COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant, v. CONSOLIDATED INVESTMENT CORPORATION (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL Howard F. Shepherd and John F. Bender for Appellant. Lindsay & Gearhart and W. H. Gregory for Respondent. OPINION Stephens, P. J. In an action for the value of merchandise […]

[Civ. No. 9553. First Appellate District, Division One. October 20, 1934.] J. F. AZEVEDO, as Administrator, etc., Respondent, v. MANUEL FRANCISCO AZEVEDO, Jr., Appellant. COUNSEL Manuel F. Sylva for Appellant. E. H. Christian for Respondent. OPINION Knight, J. This is an appeal by defendant from a decree in plaintiff’s favor quieting title to certain real […]

[Civ. No. 1110. Fourth Appellate District. October 19, 1934.] J. EDGAR ROSS, Appellant, v. WILLIAM O’BRIEN, Constable, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL J. Edgar Ross, in pro. per., for Appellant. W. E. Abraham for Respondent. OPINION Jennings, J. This is an appeal from an order of the Superior Court of Imperial County denying appellant’s petition for a […]

[Civ. No. 1470. Fourth Appellate District. October 19, 1934.] WALKER SMITH et al., Respondents, v. ROBERT W. BROWN et al., Defendants; ALBERT BECK, Appellant. COUNSEL Sarau & Thompson for Appellant. R. J. Welch, Jr., for Respondents. OPINION Barnard, P. J. The plaintiffs were the owners of a promissory note for $1,000 signed by the defendants […]

[Civ. No. 5137. Third Appellate District. October 19, 1934.] NELLIE G. METCALF, Respondent, v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL Knight, Boland & Riordan, F. Eldred Boland and J. W. Radil for Appellant. Clarence N. Riggins for Respondent. OPINION Plummer, J. The plaintiff in this action had judgment against the defendant for and […]

[Civ. No. 5139. Third Appellate District. October 19, 1934.] V. VALENTE, Respondent, v. THOMAS SICA, as Administrator, etc., Appellant. COUNSEL Lindsay & Gearhart, Wakefield & Hansen and Nathan F. Coombs for Appellant. Wallace Rutherford for Respondent. OPINION Pullen, P. J. The question here presented has to do with the sufficiency of a creditor’s claim against […]

[Civ. No. 8584. Second Appellate District, Division Two. October 19, 1934.] CASSIUS L. MILLER et al., Appellants, v. CITIZENS NATIONAL TRUST & SAVINGS BANK OF LOS ANGELES (a National Banking Association), Respondent. COUNSEL James P. Mackel and John M. Hall for Appellants. Mills, Hunter & Dunn and Edward C. Mills for Respondent. OPINION Willis, J., […]

[Civ. No. 1137. Fourth Appellate District. October 18, 1934.] H. W. PETERSON et al., Appellants, v. FRANK P. TAGART et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Andrew M. Strong for Appellants. Bernard Brennan, City Attorney, Aubrey N. Irwin, Assistant City Attorney, and A. L. Lawson, Deputy City Attorney, for Respondents. [1 Cal. App. 2d 469] OPINION Marks, J. […]

[Civ. No. 1157. Fourth Appellate District. October 18, 1934.] SIDNEY SMITH, Appellant, v. CITY OF GLENDALE (a Municipal Corporation) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Andrew M. Strong for Appellant. Bernard Brennan, City Attorney, Aubrey N. Irwin, Assistant City Attorney, and A. L. Lawson, Deputy City Attorney, for Respondents. OPINION Marks, J. This is an appeal from […]

[Civ. No. 8641. Second Appellate District, Division Two. October 18, 1934.] JAMES L. McDANELS, Appellant, v. GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA (a Corporation) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL A. W. Brunton and Koenig & Brunton for Appellant. Joe Crider, Jr., for Respondents. OPINION Willis, J., pro tem. Appellant was injured in an automobile accident and a […]

[Crim. No. 2620. Second Appellate District, Division Two. October 18, 1934.] In the Matter of the Application of EVAN EYRE for a Writ of Habeas Corpus. COUNSEL John F. Groene for Petitioner. Buron Fitts, District Attorney, and Tracy Chatfield Becker, Deputy District Attorney, for Respondent. OPINION Desmond, J. [1] Petitioner, having entered a plea of […]

[Crim. No. 2610. Second Appellate District, Division Two. October 18, 1934.] In the Matter of the Application of J. R. FISHER for a Writ of Habeas Corpus. COUNSEL Gladys Towles Root for Petitioner. Ray L. Chesebro, City Prosecutor, and John L. Bland and Bourke Jones, Deputies City Prosecutor, for Respondent. OPINION Desmond, J. [1] Petitioner […]

[Civ. No. 9432. First Appellate District, Division Two. October 18, 1934.] HOMER L. LE BALLISTER, Appellant, v. REDWOOD THEATRES, INC. (a Corporation), et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Maurice E. Gibson for Appellant. L. S. Hamm and B. E. Kragen for Respondents. OPINION Spence, J. Plaintiff brought this action to recover as a third party beneficiary under […]

[Civ. No. 9116. First Appellate District, Division One. October 18, 1934.] MARY BELLE CREAMER, Appellant, v. JOHN CERRATO et al., Respondents. COUNSEL George K. Ford for Appellant. Ross & Ross for Respondents. OPINION Gray, J., pro tem. Appellant sued to recover damages for personal injuries, received by her as the result of a collision between […]