Category: 1934

?Wood v. Pendola , 1 Cal.2d 435 [Sac. No. 4782. In Bank. August 21, 1934.] PERCY F. WOOD, Respondent, v. AGNES PENDOLA et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Virgil M. Airola for Appellants. Joseph H. Huberty and Huston & Huberty for Respondent. OPINION SHENK, J. The plaintiff sued to quiet his title to an alleged appropriation right […]

Hendrickson v. Bertelson , 1 Cal.2d 430 [Sac. No. 4784. In Bank. August 16, 1934.] A. HENDRICKSON, Respondent, v. C. S. BERTELSON et al., Appellants; LEON T. SMITH et al., Cross- Complainants and Respondents. COUNSEL Breed, Burpee & Robinson and A. W. Wylie for Appellants. J. S. Henderson and C. S. Baldwin for Respondents. OPINION […]

Consolidated Title Sec. Co. v. Hopkins , 1 Cal.2d 414 [S. F. No. 14970. In Bank. August 6, 1934.] CONSOLIDATED TITLE SECURITIES COMPANY (a Corporation), Petitioner, v. ED W. HOPKINS, County Assessor, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Walter B. Kibbey and William H. B. Haymond for Petitioner. Everett W. Mattoon, County Counsel, and Gordon Boller, Deputy County […]

Metropolitan Water Dist. v. Toll , 1 Cal.2d 421 [S. F. No. 15075. In Bank. August 6, 1934.] THE METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (a Public Corporation), Petitioner, v. CHARLES H. TOLL, as Treasurer, etc., et al., Respondents. COUNSEL James H. Howard, Alan Patten and Charles C. Cooper, Jr., for Petitioner. Robert H. Dunlap […]

Mirabito v. San Francisco Dairy Co. , 1 Cal.2d 400 [S. F. No. 15084. In Bank. July 31, 1934.] EDMOND MIRABITO, a Minor, etc., Respondent, v. SAN FRANCISCO DAIRY COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, Eugene M. Prince and Norbert Korte for Appellants. Sol Silverman and George Olshausen for Respondent. […]

Sheets v. Southern Pac. Co. , 1 Cal.2d 408 [S. F. No. 15104. In Bank. July 31, 1934.] GEORGE L. SHEETS, Respondent, v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Dunne & Dunne and Dunne, Dunne & Cook for Appellants. J. Horton Beeman, George C. Hadley and Norman S. Menifee for Respondent. OPINION […]

Griffith v. Superior Court , 1 Cal.2d 381 [Sac. No. 4840. In Bank. July 30, 1934.] HELEN GRIFFITH, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF MENDOCINO COUNTY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Charles Kasch for Petitioner. Taft & Spurr for Respondents. OPINION THE COURT. A hearing was granted in this case after decision by the District Court […]

Davis v. Jacoby , 1 Cal.2d 370 [S. F. No. 14879. In Bank. July 30, 1934.] FRANK M. DAVIS et al., Appellants, v. OLIN D. JACOBY et al., as Executors, etc., Respondents. COUNSEL Walter H. Linforth, Wm. M. Cannon and John L. McVey for Appellants. Marshall Rutherford, Fitzgerald, Abbott & Beardsley, Calkins, Hagar, Hall & […]

Ross v. Ross , 1 Cal.2d 368 [L. A. No. 14393. In Bank. July 30, 1934.] DAISY E. ROSS, Appellant, v. FRED W. ROSS, Respondent. COUNSEL Clarke & Bowker and Nathan Newby for Appellant. C. P. Temple for Respondent. OPINION LANGDON, J. Plaintiff appeals from orders of the trial court modifying the provisions of an […]

People v. Twedt , 1 Cal.2d 392 [Crim. No. 3733. In Bank. July 30, 1934.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. O. J. TWEDT, Appellant. COUNSEL Thomas F. Lopez and G. W. Cartwright for Appellant. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, and Seibert L. Sefton, Deputy Attorney- General, for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. A hearing was granted in this case […]

?Duncan v. Standard Accident Ins. Co. , 1 Cal.2d 385 [S. F. No. 15090. In Bank. July 30, 1934.] A. DON DUNCAN, Appellant, v. STANDARD ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL A. Don Duncan, in pro. per., and Percy A. Smith for Appellant. Myrick & Deering and Scott and Jas. J. Harrington for Respondent. […]

People v. Sonoqui , 1 Cal.2d 364 [Crim. No. 3692. In Bank. July 28, 1934.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. REMIGIO SONOQUI et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Wm. T. Kendrick, Jr., and L. V. Peterman for Appellants. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, John D. Richer, Deputy Attorney-General, Buron Fitts, District Attorney, and Tracy Chatfield Becker, Deputy District Attorney, for […]

Farrar v. The State Bar , 1 Cal.2d 359 [S. F. No. 15094. In Bank. July 28, 1934.] MERCER H. FARRAR, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL Mercer H. Farrar, in pro. per., for Petitioner. Philbrick McCoy for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. This is a proceeding to review the action of the […]

Caminetti v. Board of Trustees , 1 Cal.2d 354 [Sac. No. 4870. In Bank. July 27, 1934.] EVELYN M. CAMINETTI, Respondent, v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF JACKSON UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Ralph McGee and T. G. Negrich for Appellants. Snyder & Snyder for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. This is an appeal […]

Archer v. Civil Service Commission , 1 Cal.2d 357 [S. F. No. 15068. In Bank. July 27, 1934.] LAWRENCE J. ARCHER, Respondent, v. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION OF SAN FRANCISCO, etc., et al., Appellants. COUNSEL John J. O’Toole, City Attorney, and Thos. P. Slevin, Deputy City Attorney, for Appellants. Leo A. Cunningham and John J. Dailey […]

Drainage Dist. v. Reclamation Dist. No. 730 , 1 Cal.2d 350 [Sac. No. 4740. In Bank. July 24, 1934.] KNIGHTS LANDING RIDGE DRAINAGE DISTRICT, Respondent, v. RECLAMATION DISTRICT No. 730, Defendant; EMMA SNOWBALL et al., Interveners and Appellants. COUNSEL Devlin & Devlin & Diepenbrock and H. B. Wulff for Interveners and Appellants. Arthur C. Huston, […]

Gilmore v. Jordan , 1 Cal.2d 347 [S. F. No. 15219. In Bank. July 23, 1934.] JOSEPH P. GILMORE, Petitioner, v. FRANK C. JORDAN, as Secretary of State, etc., et al., Respondents. COUNSEL James D. Lucey for Appellant. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, Robert W. Harrison, Chief Deputy Attorney- General, and John J. O’Toole, City Attorney, for […]

Smith v. Fall River J. U. High School Dist. , 1 Cal.2d 331 [Sac. No. 4858. In Bank. July 21, 1934.] CALIFORNIA SMITH, a Minor, etc., Plaintiff, v. FALL RIVER JOINT UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT (a Body Politic) et al., Defendants; INDEPENDENCE INDEMNITY COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant; M. D. PRATT, Respondent. COUNSEL John Ralph Wilson […]

United Bank & Trust Co. v. Hunt , 1 Cal.2d 340 [Sac. No. 4877. In Bank. July 21, 1934.] UNITED BANK AND TRUST COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA (a Corporation), Respondent, v. A. P. HUNT et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Francis C. Brown, J. Oscar Goldstein and Ray Manwell for Appellants. Keyes & Erskine, Butler, Van Dyke, Desmond […]

Happy Valley Water Co. v. Thornton , 1 Cal.2d 325 [Sac. No. 4760. In Bank. July 21, 1934.] HAPPY VALLEY WATER COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent, v. WM. M. THORNTON et al., Appellants. HAPPY VALLEY WATER COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent, v. FIDELITY SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION (a Corporation) et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Jesse W. Carter, R. […]

  Stafford v. Superior Court , 1 Cal.2d 321 [S. F. No. 15085. In Bank. July 19, 1934.] HARRY I. STAFFORD et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Respondent. COUNSEL Edmund A. Cunha for Petitioners. Byron Coleman and Oliva & Coleman for Respondent. OPINION PRESTON, J. This […]

Cohn v. Cohn , 1 Cal.2d 313 [S. F. No. 14880. In Bank. July 18, 1934.] IRENE V. COHN, Respondent, v. LEVI COHN et al., Executors, etc., Appellants. COUNSEL Joseph A. Brown for Appellants. Daniel R. Shoemaker and Harry I. Stafford for Respondent. OPINION PRESTON, J. Plaintiff brought this action to have a deed declared […]

People v. Covington , 1 Cal.2d 316 [Crim. No. 3760. In Bank. July 18, 1934.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. REVELL KENNETH COVINGTON et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Gladys Towles Root and Louis B. Preston for Appellants. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, and John D. Richer, deputy Attorney-General, for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. A petition for hearing was granted […]

Daugherty v. Riley , 1 Cal.2d 298 [S. F. No. 15135. In Bank. July 17, 1934.] EDWIN M. DAUGHERTY, as Commissioner of Corporations, etc., Petitioner, v. RAY L. RILEY, as Controller, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Charles F. Johnson for Petitioner. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, Robert W. Harrison, Chief Deputy Attorney- General, and W. R. Augustine, Deputy Attorney-General, […]

Farris v. Pacific States Auxiliary Corp. , 1 Cal.2d 289 [S. F. No. 14992. In Bank. July 17, 1934.] FRED FARRIS, Appellant, v. PACIFIC STATES AUXILIARY CORPORATION (a Corporation) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Leon French and Fred W. Lake for Appellant. John L. Mace for Respondents. OPINION THE COURT. Motion to dismiss appeal or affirm […]