Category: 1934

State Compen. Ins. Fund v. Industrial Acc. Com. , 2 Cal.2d 94 [S. F. No. 15251. In Bank. December 20, 1934.] STATE COMPENSATION INSURANCE FUND, Petitioner, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION, HELEN E. BOHM et al., Respondents. COUNSEL B. E. Pemberton, Edmund D. Leonard and Ivan A. Schwab for Petitioner. John Francis Neylan, Grove J. Fink […]

Smuckler v. State Bar , 2 Cal.2d 80 [L. A. Nos. 14652, 14891. In Bank. December 19, 1934.] ELIJAH M. SMUCKLER, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL Andrew J. Copp, Jr., for Petitioner. Philbrick McCoy for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. As indicated by the numbers accompanying the title hereof, two proceedings against […]

Mayer v. State Bar , 2 Cal.2d 71 [L. A. No. 14222. In Bank. December 18, 1934.] JOSEPH MAYER, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL Joseph Mayer, in pro. per., for Petitioner. Philbrick McCoy for Respondent. OPINION CURTIS, J. This is a proceeding instituted for the purpose of reviewing the action of […]

Marsh v. State Bar , 2 Cal.2d 75 [L. A. No. 14832. In Bank. December 18, 1934.] LLEWELLYN F. MARSH, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL Llewellyn F. Marsh, in pro. per., for Petitioner. Philbrick McCoy for Respondent. OPINION PRESTON, J. This proceeding was instituted to review an order of the board […]

Security-First National Bank v. Pierson , 2 Cal.2d 63 [L. A. No. 14080. In Bank. December 17, 1934.] SECURITY-FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF LOS ANGELES (a National Banking Corporation), Appellant, v. GEORGE W. PIERSON, Respondent. COUNSEL Barbour, Kellos & Backlund for Appellant. N. Lindsay South for Respondent. OPINION SHENK, J. Fourteen saddles, nineteen bridles, fifteen saddle […]

McConnell v. Herbert , 2 Cal.2d 66 [L. A. No. 14877. In Bank. December 17, 1934.] ETTA M. McCONNELL, an Incompetent Person, etc., Respondent, v. F. W. HERBERT et al., Defendants; F. R. CYRIACKS, Appellant. COUNSEL W. I. Gilbert for Appellant. Moote & Longcroft, Hinsdale, Otis & Johnson and Robert W. Jennings for Respondent. OPINION […]

E. J. Carroll Co., Ltd., v. Insurance Com. , 2 Cal.2d 60 [S. F. No. 14866. In Bank. December 14, 1934.] E. J. CARROLL CO., LTD. (a Corporation), Respondent, v. INSURANCE COMMISSIONER, etc., et al., Appellants. COUNSEL U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, Neil Cunningham, Deputy Attorney-General, and Frank L. Guerena for Appellants. Joseph A. Brown for Respondent. […]

North v. Cecil B. DeMille Productions, Inc. , 2 Cal.2d 55 [L. A. No. 13421. In Bank. December 14, 1934.] RICHARD L. NORTH et al., as Receivers, etc., Appellants, v. CECIL B. DeMILLE PRODUCTIONS, INC. (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL Walter J. Little and W. Eugene Craven for Appellants. Neil S. McCarthy, Earl L. Banta and […]

People v. Meldrum , 2 Cal.2d 52 [Crim. No. 3793. In Bank. December 13, 1934.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. T. BEN MELDRUM, Appellant. COUNSEL S. S. Hahn and W. O. Gray for Appellant. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, and Warner I. Praul, Deputy Attorney- General, for Respondent. OPINION WASTE, C.J. In an information filed by the district […]

Kellett v. Kellett , 2 Cal.2d 45 [L. A. No. 13200. In Bank. December 11, 1934.] MARION CLARA KELLETT, Appellant, v. THOMAS N. KELLETT, Respondent. COUNSEL Marion Clara Kellett, in pro. per., L. H. Phillips, Chas. R. Thompson, C. C. Caswell, A. Edward Nichols, R. C. W. Friday, J. Paul Elliott, James R. Jaffray and […]

Kellett v. Kellett , 2 Cal.2d 50 [L. A. No. 14942. In Bank. December 11, 1934.] MARION CLARA KELLETT, Appellant, v. THOMAS N. KELLETT, Respondent. COUNSEL R. C. W. Friday for Appellant. Wm. M. Morse, Jr., Sidney A. Shoop and Morse & Shoop, for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. Motion of plaintiff to withdraw the record […]

Meyer v. Riley , 2 Cal.2d 39 [S. F. No. 15204. In Bank. November 28, 1934.] FRED W. MEYER, Petitioner, v. RAY L. RILEY, as State Controller, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL E. R. Hoerchner for Petitioner. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, and W. R. Augustine, Deputy Attorney- General, for Respondent. OPINION SHENK, J. This proceeding in mandamus is […]

Kern County Land Co. v. Railroad Commission , 2 Cal.2d 29 [S. F. No. 15130. In Bank. November 28, 1934.] KERN COUNTY LAND COMPANY (a Corporation), Petitioner, v. RAILROAD COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA et al., Respondents. [S. F. No. 15131. In Bank. November 28, 1934.] KERN ISLAND CANAL COMPANY (a Corporation), Petitioner, v. […]

Carlon v. Superior Court , 2 Cal.2d 17 [S. F. No. 15162. In Bank. November 28, 1934.] T. H. CARLON, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF MERCED COUNTY, J. G. RUDDLE PROPERTIES, INC., et al., Respondents. COUNSEL James F. Peck for Petitioner. F. M. Ostrander for Respondents. OPINION PRESTON, J. Petition for certiorari. Two questions […]

Conley v. Hawley , 2 Cal.2d 23 [L. A. No. 13642. In Bank. November 28, 1934.] OLIVER CRAM CONLEY, Respondent, v. GERTRUDE HAWLEY et al., Defendants; T. A. DAVIS, Appellant. COUNSEL Winslow P. Hyatt for Appellant. Arthur E. Briggs for Respondent. OPINION CURTIS, J. This action was instituted to quiet title of plaintiff to a […]

Estate of Exterstein , 2 Cal.2d 13 [L. A. No. 14187. In Bank. November 26, 1934.] In the Matter of the Estate of HERMAN J. EXTERSTEIN, Deceased. PEARL V. EXTERSTEIN, Appellant, v. CLAUDE G. HIGGINS, Respondent. COUNSEL Walters & Mauk and N. D. Papa Dakis for Appellant. William Ellis Lady for Respondent. OPINION THOMPSON, J. […]

Globe Indemnity Co. v. Industrial Acc. Com. , 2 Cal.2d 8 [L. A. No. 14706. In Bank. November 26, 1934.] GLOBE INDEMNITY COMPANY (a Corporation), Petitioner, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION and ALOYSIUS MARMUROWICZ, Respondents. COUNSEL J. L. Kearney for Petitioner. Everett A. Corten for Respondents. OPINION WASTE, C.J. The respondent Marmurowicz was employed as a […]

Metropolitan Water Dist. v. Superior Court , 2 Cal.2d 4 [L. A. No. 14809. In Bank. November 20, 1934.] THE METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (a Municipal Corporation), Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL James H. Howard, General Counsel, Charles C. Cooper, Jr., and A. Heber Winder for […]

Green v. Superior Court , 2 Cal.2d 1 [S. F. No. 15163. In Bank. November 19, 1934.] JACK D. GREEN, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent. COUNSEL R. Lee Bagby for Petitioner. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, James S. Howie, Deputy Attorney-General, Buron Fitts, District Attorney, and Tracy Chatfield Becker, Deputy District Attorney, […]

Pierce v. Superior Court , 1 Cal.2d 759 [S. F. No. 15286. In Bank. November 2, 1934.] CHARLES PIERCE et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL John C. Packard, Irl D. Brett and S.E. Grainer for Petitioners. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, and L. G. Campbell and James S. […]

Bd. of Trustees v. State Bd. of Equalization , 1 Cal.2d 784 [S. F. No. 15186. In Bank. November 2, 1934.] THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY (a Body Having Corporate Powers), Petitioner, v. THE STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Louis S. Beedy and George J. Presley for […]

Landsborough v. Kelly , 1 Cal.2d 739 [S. F. No. 15050. In Bank. November 1, 1934.] WILLIAM LANDSBOROUGH, Petitioner, v. EARL LEE KELLY, as Director of Public Works, etc., et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Warren Olney, Jr., J. M. Mannon, Jr., Edwin S. Pillsbury and McCutchen, Olney, Mannon & Greene for Petitioner. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, E. […]

Gaffigan v. Lawton , 1 Cal.2d 722 [S. F. No. 15125. In Bank. November 1, 1934.] J. A. GAFFIGAN, Appellant, v. FREDERICK H. LAWTON et al., Defendants; NATIONAL SURETY COMPANY OF NEW YORK (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL J. W. Coleberd for Appellant. R. P. Wisecarver for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. This is an action against […]

Security-First Nat. Bk. v. Superior Court , 1 Cal.2d 749 [S. F. No. 15138. In Bank. November 1, 1934.] SECURITY-FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF LOS ANGELES (a National Banking Association), Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Newlin & Ashburn, O’Melveny, Tuller & Myers, Louis W. Myers and A. W. Ashburn […]

Walsh v. Industrial Acc. Com. , 1 Cal.2d 747 [S. F. No. 15146. In Bank. November 1, 1934.] THOMAS WALSH et al., Petitioners, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION and JAMES KENNEY, Respondents. COUNSEL Redman, Alexander & Bacon and R. P. Wisecarver for Petitioners. Everett A. Corten and Emmet J. Seawell for Respondents. OPINION LANGDON, J. This […]