Category: 1935

  Caldwell v. Taylor, 4 Cal.2d 686 [L. A. No. 14898. In Bank. December 6, 1935.] OSCAR P. CALDWELL, Appellant, v. LEONORE TAYLOR et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Daniel A. Knapp for Appellant. Richard A. Dunnigan and Harold E. Thomas for Respondents. [4 Cal.2d 687] OPINION THE COURT. This is a suit in equity by Oscar […]

Britton v. Hammell, 4 Cal.2d 690 [L. A. No. 14562. In Bank. December 6, 1935.] JOHN H. BRITTON, Administrator, etc., Respondent, v. D. C. HAMMELL, Appellant. COUNSEL Dana R. Weller and Thomas H. Hearn for Appellant. Leland J. Allen for Respondent. [4 Cal.2d 691] OPINION LANGDON, J. This is a second appeal in the same […]

Elms v. Elms, 4 Cal.2d 681 [S. F. No. 15472. In Bank. December 4, 1935.] LOLA M. ELMS, Respondent, v. FRED G. ELMS, Defendant; HOWARD R. ELMS et al., Interveners and Appellants. COUNSEL A. A. Montagne for Appellants. Gordon Johnson and Gardiner Johnson for Respondent. OPINION SEAWELL, J. Howard R. Elms and Alberta E. Montagne, […]

Guardianship of Ounjuian, 4 Cal.2d 659 [L. A. No. 14716. In Bank. November 29, 1935.] In the Matter of the Estate and Guardianship of ALEA K. OUNJUIAN (an Incompetent Person). FRANK T. HINES, Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs, etc., et al., Appellants, v. THEODORE MILLER, Respondent. COUNSEL H. C. Veit, J. C. Shunk and Carlos S. […]

Parker v. James Granger, Inc., 4 Cal.2d 668 [L. A. Nos. 15204-15211. In Bank. November 29, 1935.] THOMAS H. PARKER et al., Appellants, v. JAMES GRANGER, INC., et al., Respondents; and Consolidated Cases. COUNSEL Lasher B. Gallagher, Burnett Wolfson, Chotiner, Recht & Chotiner, Ford & Coles, Frank M. Benedict, Philip Cohen, A. A. Rotberg and […]

Dabney-Johnston Oil Corp. v. Walden, 4 Cal.2d 637 [L. A. No. 13559. In Bank. November 29, 1935.] DABNEY-JOHNSTON OIL CORPORATION (a Corporation), Appellant, v. E. A. WALDEN et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Lawler & Degnan, Robert M. Pease and Roy P. Dolley for Appellant. R. F. Bailey, Eugene C. Campbell, A. E. Garten, G. M. Spicer, […]

Filoli, Inc., v. Johnson, 4 Cal.2d 662 [S. F. No. 15093. In Bank. November 29, 1935.] FILOLI, INCORPORATED (a Corporation), Appellant, v. CHARLES G. JOHNSON, State Treasurer, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Theodore J. Savage and Eliot G. Stoutenburgh for Appellant. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, and H. H. Linney, Deputy Attorney-General, for Respondent. OPINION SHENK, J. The plaintiff […]

Kerr v. Russell, 4 Cal.2d 634 [S. F. No. 15552. In Bank. November 27, 1935.] WILLIAM M. KERR, as Registrar of Voters, etc., Petitioner, v. H. E. RUSSELL, as Purchasing Agent, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Shattuck, Davis & Story for Petitioner. Everett W. Mattoon, County Counsel, and Fred M. Cross, Deputy County Counsel, for Respondent. Clarence […]

City of Long Beach v. Industrial Acc. Com., 4 Cal.2d 624 [L. A. No. 15217. In Bank. November 26, 1935.] CITY OF LONG BEACH (a Municipal Corporation), Petitioner, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION and VERLIN K. AGAL, Respondents. COUNSEL George W. Trammell, Jr., City Attorney, Harlan V. Boyer, Assistant City Attorney, Walhfred Jacobson, Deputy City Attorney, […]

National A. Ins. Co. v. Indus. Acc. Com., 4 Cal.2d 632 [L. A. No. 15251. In Bank. November 26, 1935.] NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Petitioners, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION and ALBERT WELLS, Respondents. COUNSEL F. Britton McConnell and W. H. Abrams for Petitioners. Everett A. Corten for Respondents. OPINION LANGDON, J. […]

Townsend v. State Bar, 4 Cal.2d 619 [L. A. No. 15344. In Bank. November 26, 1935.] CORWIN A. TOWNSEND, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL Corwin A. Townsend, in pro. per., for Petitioner. Philbrick McCoy for Respondent. OPINION WASTE, C.J. The respondent State Bar of California has recommended to this court that […]

People v. Britton, 4 Cal.2d 622 [Crim. No. 3904. In Bank. November 26, 1935.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. FLOYD C. BRITTON et al., Defendants; LINDEN PARKER et al., Appellants. COUNSEL K. R. Jensen for Appellants. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, and Eugene M. Elson, Deputy Attorney- General, for Respondent. OPINION WASTE, C.J. Upon due consideration of this […]

Tanenbaum v. Industrial Acc. Com., 4 Cal.2d 615 [S. F. No. 15497. In Bank. November 22, 1935.] LENA TANENBAUM, Petitioner, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION et al., Respondents. COUNSEL George C. Faulkner, Sidney Rhein and Faulkner, Doyle & Sanford for Petitioner. Everett A. Corten and Emmet J. Seawell for Respondents. OPINION WASTE, C.J. Review to annul […]

Krenwinkle v. City of Los Angeles, 4 Cal.2d 611 [L. A. No. 15177. In Bank. November 20, 1935.] FRED A. KRENWINKLE, Appellant, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES (a Municipal Corporation) et al., Respondents. [4 Cal.2d 612] COUNSEL George E. Cloud for Appellant. Ray L. Chesebro, City Attorney, Frederick von Schrader, Assistant City Attorney, James L. […]

Svenska Evangeliska, etc., v. Ferguson, 4 Cal.2d 589 [Sac. No. 4971. In Bank. November 12, 1935.] THE SVENSKA EVANGELISKA MISSIONSFORSAMLINGEN, AT TURLOCK, CALIFORNIA, Respondent, v. W. W. FERGUSON, as Executor, etc., et al., Appellants. COUNSEL L. J. Maddux and T. B. Scott for Appellants. W. Coburn Cook for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. On the submission […]

Ryan v. Byram, 4 Cal.2d 596 [L. A. No. 15560. In Bank. November 18, 1935.] ALICE CLARK RYAN, Petitioner, v. H. L. BYRAM, Tax Collector, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Holbrook, Taylor, Tarr & Reed, David E. Hinckle, W. Sumner Holbrook, Jr., and John Harlan Dawson for Petitioner. Everett W. Mattoon, County Counsel, and J. H. O’Connor, […]

  Supreme Grand Lodge, etc., v. Smith, 4 Cal.2d 594 [S. F. Nos. 15061, 15308. In Bank. November 18, 1935.] THE SUPREME GRAND LODGE OF THE ANCIENT AND MYSTICAL ORDER ROSAE CRUCIS (a Corporation), Respondent, v. GEORGE L. SMITH et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Ivan G. McDaniel for Appellants. Bohnett, Hill & Cottrell for Respondent. OPINION […]

Estate of Schnoor, 4 Cal.2d 590 [S. F. No. 15250. In Bank. November 12, 1935.] In the Matter of the Estate of EMILIE D. SCHNOOR, Deceased. MARGARET VOLKMANN et al., Appellants, v. EVELYN H. VINSON et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Paul A. Lindley and Geo. D. Collins, Jr., for Appellants. Earl Warren, District Attorney, N. H. […]

Kentfield v. Kentfield, 4 Cal.2d 585 [S. F. No. 15509. In Bank. November 8, 1935.] HOWARD E. KENTFIELD et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. EDWARD E. KENTFIELD, Defendant and Respondent; FLORENCE E. KENTFIELD CANON et al., Appellants. COUNSEL No appearance for Appellants. Earl F. Treadwell for Plaintiffs and Respondents. A. G. Goodrich for Defendant and […]

Randell v. Randell, 4 Cal.2d 575 [L. A. No. 15085. In Bank. November 4, 1935.] GEORGE H. RANDELL et al., Respondents, v. RALPH RANDELL et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Drumm, Tucker, Martel & Drumm and Sharpless Walker for Appellants. Head, Wellington & Jacobs for Respondents. OPINION THOMPSON, J. This is an appeal from a final judgment […]

Domestic & Foreign Pet. Co., Ltd., v. Long, 4 Cal.2d 547 [L. A. No. 14743. In Bank. October 31, 1935.] DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN PETROLEUM CO., LTD. (a Corporation), Appellant, v. JAMES I. LONG et al., Respondents. COUNSEL George E. Cryer and R. Alston Jones for Appellant. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, and Ralph O. Marron, Deputy Attorney- […]

Cobb v. Pacific Mutual Life Ins. Co., 4 Cal.2d 565 [L. A. No. 15253. In Bank. October 31, 1935.] AUGUSTUS M. COBB, Respondent, v. THE PACIFIC MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL Knight, Boland & Riordan, Eldred Boland, Heaney, Price & Postel, Harold A. Parma, Loeb, Walker & Loeb and Herman […]

Union Oil Co. v. Reconstruction Oil Co., 4 Cal.2d 541 [L. A. No. 15050. In Bank. October 30, 1935.] UNION OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent, v. RECONSTRUCTION OIL COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Appellants; LOUIS ELMER PARKER et al., Interveners and Respondents. [L. A. No. 15381. In Bank. October 30, 1935.] UNION OIL COMPANY OF […]

Myers v. State Bar, 4 Cal.2d 528 [L. A. No. 15296. In Bank. October 29, 1935.] JOHN H. MYERS, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL D. G. Donahue for Petitioner. Philbrick McCoy for Respondent. OPINION WASTE, C.J. It is recommended to this court by the respondent State Bar that petitioner, an attorney-at-law, […]

Fitts v. Superior Court, 4 Cal.2d 514 [S. F. No. 15377. In Bank. October 29, 1935.] BURON FITTS et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent. [L. A. No. 14976. In Bank. October 29, 1935.] GEORGE G. GREGORY et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent. COUNSEL […]