Category: 1935

Purefoy v. Pacific Automobile Indem. Exch., 5 Cal.2d 81 [L. A. No. 14041. In Bank. December 31, 1935.] J. W. PUREFOY, Appellant, v. PACIFIC AUTOMOBILE INDEMNITY EXCHANGE, Respondent. COUNSEL Bordwell, Mathews & Wadsworth and John H. Mathews for Appellant. Finlayson, Bennett & Morrow and Henry L. Knoop for Respondent. Crosby & Crosby, Elliott, Atkinson & […]

Wallace Ranch W. Co. v. Foothill D. Co., 5 Cal.2d 103 [L. A. No. 14361. In Bank. December 31, 1935.] WALLACE RANCH WATER COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent, v. FOOTHILL DITCH COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL McFadzean & Crowe, Farnsworth, Burke & Maddux and James K. Abercrombie for Appellant. H. B. McClure, Freston & Files and […]

Cottle v. City of Los Angeles, 5 Cal.2d 140 [L. A. No. 15374. In Bank. December 31, 1935.] CHARLES COTTLE et al., Respondents, v. THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES (a Municipal Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL Erwin P. Werner and Ray L. Chesebro, City Attorneys, Frederick von Schrader, Assistant City Attorney, and G. Ellsworth Meyer, Deputy City […]

People v. Stevens, 5 Cal.2d 92 [Crim. No. 3914. In Bank. December 31, 1935.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. CHARLES P. STEVENS, Appellant. COUNSEL E. G. Haumesch and Anna Zacsek for Appellant. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, Frank Richards, Deputy Attorney-General, Buron Fitts, District Attorney, and Jere J. Sullivan, Deputy District Attorney, for Respondent. [5 Cal.2d 94] OPINION […]

Douglass v. City of Los Angeles, 5 Cal.2d 123 [L. A. No. 15375. In Bank. December 31, 1935.] ALICE DOUGLASS, Appellant, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES (a Municipal Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL Zach Lamar Cobb and Earl A. Littlejohns for Appellant. Erwin P. Werner, City Attorney, Frederick von Schrader, Assistant City Attorney, and Arthur Loveland and […]

Gerberich v. Southern Calif. Edison Co., 5 Cal.2d 46 [L. A. No. 14528. In Bank. December 31, 1935.] GEORGE C. GERBERICH et al., Appellants, v. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY, LTD., Respondent. COUNSEL Harold A. Jones and Leonard E. Thomas for Appellants. Roy V. Reppy and E. W. Cunningham for Respondent. Thos. J. Straub and W. […]

Boyles v. Kingsbaker Bros. Co., 5 Cal.2d 68 [L. A. No. 15422. In Bank. December 31, 1935.] E. A. BOYLES, Respondent, v. KINGSBAKER BROS. COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL Lawler & Degnan for Appellant. Hinsdale, Otis & Johnson, Moote & Longcroft and Robert W. Jennings for Respondent. OPINION SEAWELL, J. The plaintiff obtained judgment for […]

Norton v. City of Pomona, 5 Cal.2d 54 [L. A. No. 15445. In Bank. December 31, 1935.] ALMA A. NORTON et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. CITY OF POMONA (a Municipal Corporation), Respondent; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY, LTD. (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL Kelley & Hews and Joseph Seymour for Plaintiff and Appellant. Roy V. Reppy, […]

Bart v. Streuli, 5 Cal.2d 67 [L. A. No. 15537. In Bank. December 31, 1935.] ANNA BART, Appellant, v. FERDINAND E. STREULI et al., Respondents. COUNSEL John C. Kleber and Chas. M. Delameter for Appellant. Meserve, Mumper, Hughes & Robertson for Respondents. OPINION THE COURT. This is a motion to dismiss an appeal or affirm […]

Lassen Municipal Utility Dist. v. Hopper, 5 Cal.2d 18 [S. F. No. 15508. In Bank. December 30, 1935.] LASSEN MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT (a Public Corporation), Petitioner, v. PAUL J. HOPPER, as Secretary, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Ben V. Curler, Louis Bartlett, Robert L. Shinn, Claude L. Rowe, Coyle E. Bybee, Oran W. Palmer, John Preston King, […]

Lacy v. Greer-Robbins Co. , 4 Cal.2d 770 [L. A. No. 14112. In Bank. December 30, 1935.] P. W. LACY, Respondent, v. GREER-ROBBINS COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL Neil S. McCarthy, Earl L. Banta and Howard P. Hall for Appellant. Bradner & Weil and Jerold E. Weil for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. This case was […]

  Texas Co. v. Bank of America etc. Assn., 5 Cal.2d 35 [S. F. No. 14998. In Bank. December 30, 1935.] THE TEXAS COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent, v. BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST & SAVINGS ASSOCIATION (a National Banking Association), Appellant. [5 Cal.2d 38] COUNSEL Borton & Petrini for Appellant. Charles C. Stanley and J. […]

Fillmore Union High School Dist. v. Cobb, 5 Cal.2d 26 [L. A. No. 14200. In Bank. December 30, 1935.] FILLMORE UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Respondents, v. KIRK COBB, Substituted for BLANCHE T. REYNOLDS, as County Superintendent of Schools, etc., Appellant. COUNSEL Sheridan, Orr, Drapeau & Bates for Appellant. Chas. F. Blackstock and Fergus […]

Dabney v. Edwards, 5 Cal.2d 1 [L. A. No. 15343. In Bank. December 30, 1935.] WALTER E. DABNEY, Respondent, v. L. T. EDWARDS, Appellant. COUNSEL E. V. Knauf for Appellant. Harold C. Morton and Hanna & Morton for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. The petition for a hearing in this case was granted for the reason […]

Strumberger v. Hall, 5 Cal.2d 22 [L. A. No. 15405. In Bank. December 30, 1935.] STEPHANIE STRUMBERGER et al., Appellants, v. RICHARD H. HALL et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Kent C. Rogers and John C. Kleber for Appellants. Louis Feinstein for Respondents. OPINION THE COURT. This is a motion to dismiss the appeal or affirm the […]

Earl Ranch, Ltd., v. Industrial Acc. Com. , 4 Cal.2d 767 [L. A. No. 15182. In Bank. December 27, 1935.] EARL RANCH, LTD., Petitioner, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION and JOE ANDERSON, Respondents. COUNSEL Fred W. Heatherly and Joe Orloff for Petitioner. [4 Cal.2d 768] Everett A. Corten and Fred W. Heath for Respondents. OPINION THE […]

City of San Jose v. Lynch , 4 Cal.2d 760 [S. F. No. 15585. In Bank. December 26, 1935.] CITY OF SAN JOSE (a Municipal Corporation), Petitioner, v. JOHN J. LYNCH, as City Clerk, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Archie Bowden for Petitioner. Kirkbride & Wilson for Respondent. OPINION WASTE, C.J. By this proceeding in mandamus it […]

Johnson v. State Bar , 4 Cal.2d 744 [L. A. Nos. 15249, 15433. In Bank. December 23, 1935.] GEORGE C. JOHNSON, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL George C. Johnson, in pro. per., for Petitioner. [4 Cal.2d 747] Philbrick McCoy for Respondent. OPINION THOMPSON, J. Two disciplinary proceedings were instituted against the […]

Spier v. Lang, 4 Cal.2d 711 [L. A. No. 15380. In Bank. December 23, 1935.] CHARLES S. SPIER, Appellant, v. MAJOR C. D. LANG et al., Respondents. N. SMITH, Appellant, v. LANG-WALL CO. (a Copartnership, etc.) et al., Respondents. BUCK & STODDARD, INC. (a Corporation), Appellant, v. C. D. LANG et al., Respondents. COUNSEL William […]

Estate of Sproston, 4 Cal.2d 717 [L. A. No. 14502. In Bank. December 23, 1935.] In the Matter of the Estate of FRANK SPROSTON, Deceased. FRANCIS GODFREY SPROSTON, Respondent, v. L. B. LATTER, Executor, etc., et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Leo F. Falder, Paul A. Tschirgi and Henry G. Bodkin for Appellants. G. Harold Janeway and […]

Adams v. Southern Pacific Co. , 4 Cal.2d 731 [L. A. No. 15398. In Bank. December 23, 1935.] WM. F. ADAMS, as Administrator, etc., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Defendants; COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO, Defendant and Appellant. COUNSEL William F. Adams, in pro. per., and Duckworth & Harrison for […]

Wilson v. Stockholders Pub. Co., Inc. , 4 Cal.2d 724 [L. A. No. 15438. In Bank. December 23, 1935.] FRED J. WILSON, Appellant, v. STOCKHOLDERS PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC. (a Corporation), et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Lester E. Hardy and Victor A. Gillespie for Appellant. Binford & Binford and L. B. Binford for Respondents. OPINION THE COURT. […]

Cadwell v. Anschutz, 4 Cal.2d 709 [L. A. No. 15218. In Bank. December 19, 1935.] MABEL M. CADWELL, Respondent, v. MARVIN D. ANSCHUTZ, Appellant. COUNSEL Walter S. Coen, Donald E. Ruppe and Horace W. Danforth for Appellant. Flint & MacKay, Wesley L. Nutten, Jr., and Donald W. Hamblin for Respondent. OPINION LANGDON, J. This is […]

Meriwether Invest. Co., Ltd., v. Lampton, 4 Cal.2d 697 [L. A. No. 15397. In Bank. December 18, 1935.] MERIWETHER INVESTMENT COMPANY, LTD. (a Corporation), Appellant, v. L. E. LAMPTON, as County Clerk, etc., Respondent; CITY OF LOS ANGELES (a Municipal Corporation), Intervener and Respondent. COUNSEL Roscoe R. Hess for Appellant. Solon S. Kipp, as Amicus […]

Reid v. Merrill, 4 Cal.2d 693 [L. A. No. 14669. In Bank. December 17, 1935.] DOROTHY J. REID et al., Respondents, v. A. F. MERRILL et al., Appellants. COUNSEL John L. Mace for Appellants. Meserve, Mumper, Hughes & Robertson and William Larrabee for Respondents. OPINION WASTE, C.J. Action to foreclose a mortgage. It was alleged […]