Category: 1935

Lanthier v. Wharton, 4 Cal.2d 354 [S. F. No. 15155. In Bank. September 25, 1935.] CHARLES LANTHIER, Respondent, v. IVAN WHARTON, Administrator, etc., Appellant. COUNSEL James Snell and Chester E. Ross for Appellant. John T. Lewis for Respondent. OPINION LANGDON, J. This is an action to enforce an agreement involving a water right. In 1929, […]

McClure v. McClure, 4 Cal.2d 356 [S. F. No. 15370. In Bank. September 25, 1935.] VASHTA McCLURE, Respondent, v. RICHARD ALFRED McCLURE, Appellant. COUNSEL Treat & Ogden for Appellant. Joseph J. Webb for Respondent. OPINION SEAWELL, J. By interlocutory and final decrees of divorce the Superior Court of Marin County awarded plaintiff Vashta McClure alimony […]

Heywood v. Sooy, 4 Cal.2d 352 [S. F. No. 15380. In Bank. September 24, 1935.] JOHN GUTHRIE HEYWOOD, Respondent, v. CHARLES H. SOOY, Appellant. COUNSEL Fred L. Berry and G. G. Sanders for Appellant. J. H. Sapiro, Gregory A. Harrison and A. A. Heer for Respondent. [4 Cal.2d 353] OPINION WASTE, C.J. Plaintiff and respondent […]

Dietlin v. General American Life Ins. Co., 4 Cal.2d 336 [S. F. No. 15435. In Bank. September 21, 1935.] EUGENE DIETLIN, Appellant, v. GENERAL AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent. (Two consolidated cases.) COUNSEL Edmund J. Holl and George G. Olshausen for Appellant. Myrick & Deering and Scott for Respondent. Livingston & Livingston, as […]

Jensen v. Civil Service Commission, 4 Cal.2d 334 [S. F. No. 15277. In Bank. September 20, 1935.] CHARLES E. JENSEN et al., Appellants, v. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Vincent W. Hallinan and William F. Herron for Appellants. [4 Cal.2d 335] John J. O’Toole, City […]

Quinn v. Mathiassen, 4 Cal.2d 329 [S. F. No. 15305. In Bank. September 20, 1935.] ROBERT QUINN, Respondent, v. SELMA J. MATHIASSEN, Defendant and Appellant; J. JOHNSON, Intervener and Appellant. COUNSEL J. J. Rose for Defendant and Appellant. H. F. Edson for Intervener and Appellant. J. A. Kennedy and Raymond Salisbury for Respondent. [4 Cal.2d […]

Bank of America etc. Assn. v. Mantz, 4 Cal.2d 322 [S. F. No. 15151. In Bank. September 19, 1935.] BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION (a National Banking Association), Appellant, v. MYRTLE L. MANTZ, Respondent. COUNSEL P. A. Bergerot and A. P. Dessouslavy for Appellant. Rogers, Clark & O’Brien and Webster V. Clark […]

Miller v. Johnson, 4 Cal.2d 265 [Sac. No. 4897. In Bank. September 3, 1935.] J. H. MILLER, Appellant, v. F. H. JOHNSON, Auditor, etc., et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Nutter & Rutherford, A. P. Hayne and Frank L. Guerena for Appellant. Guard C. Darrah and F. C. Clowdsley, District Attorneys, Ward A. Hill, Assistant District Attorney, […]

Hibernia Sav. & Loan Soc. v. Belcher, 4 Cal.2d 268 [Sac. No. 4906. In Bank. September 3, 1935.] THE HIBERNIA SAVINGS AND LOAN SOCIETY, Appellant, v. RICHARD BELCHER et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Tobin & Tobin, George A. Clough and Rich, Weis & Carlin for Appellant. Richard Belcher, in pro. per., for Respondents. OPINION SEAWELL, J. […]

Babu v. Petersen, 4 Cal.2d 276 [Sac. No. 4933. In Bank. September 3, 1935.] BABU, Appellant, v. HELEN McDANIEL PETERSEN et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Ray Manwell for Appellant. King & King for Respondents. OPINION SEAWELL, J. This appeal involves the ownership of a 20-acre tract of highly improved agricultural land situate in the fruit and […]

  Bank of America etc. Assn. v. Pendergrass, 4 Cal.2d 258 [Sac. No. 4826. In Bank. September 3, 1935.] BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION (a National Banking Association), Respondent, v. T. S. PENDERGRASS et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Bush & Cleary for Appellants. T. B. Scott, Louis Ferrari, T. J. Bricca and C. […]

Harnischfeger Sales Corp. v. Coats, 4 Cal.2d 319 [Sac. No. 4958. In Bank. September 3, 1935.] HARNISCHFEGER SALES CORPORATION (a Delaware Corporation), Respondent, v. E. C. COATS, Appellant. COUNSEL Gerald M. Desmond and Ralph H. Lewis for Appellant. Clyde C. Sherwood and Albert E. Sheets for Respondent. [4 Cal.2d 320] OPINION LANGDON, J. This is […]

Estate of Golden, 4 Cal.2d 300 [Sac. No. 4868. In Bank. September 3, 1935.] In the Matter of the Estate of GEORGE GOLDEN, Deceased. W. J. LINSTEAD, Respondent, v. E. T. STODDARD, Appellant. COUNSEL Taft & Spurr for Appellant. Hale McCowen, Jr., for Respondent. OPINION CURTIS, J. The following portion of the opinion of the […]

Spencer v. Beadle Steamship Co., Ltd., 4 Cal.2d 313 [S. F. No. 15384. In Bank. September 3, 1935.] ALFRED SPENCER, Respondent, v. BEADLE STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LTD. (a Corporation), et al., Defendants; GEORGE S. BEADLE, Appellant. COUNSEL Sawyer & Cluff and Webster F. Street for Appellant. A. Don Duncan for Respondent. OPINION SHENK, J. The plaintiff […]

G. R. Holcomb Estate Co. v. Burke, 4 Cal.2d 289 [Sac. No. 4893. In Bank. September 3, 1935.] G. R. HOLCOMB ESTATE COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant, v. LUCY A. BURKE et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Thatcher & Woodburn, Forman & Forman and J. H. McMahon for Appellant. Hawkins, Mayotte & Hawkins and C. M. Hawkins for […]

Rablin v. Greiner, 4 Cal.2d 255 [Sac. No. 4903. In Bank. August 30, 1935.] VIOLA M. RABLIN (a Widow), Appellant, v. O. J. GREINER, Respondent. COUNSEL Busick & Busick for Appellant. Huston, Huston & Huston for Respondent. OPINION CURTIS, J. Plaintiff commenced an action against defendant to obtain a judgment annulling a sale under a […]

L. Mini Estate Co. v. Walsh, 4 Cal.2d 249 [Sac. No. 4904. In Bank. August 29, 1935.] L. MINI ESTATE COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Appellants, v. THOMAS WALSH et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Dunnell, van der Zee & Wollenberg and Harlow V. Greenwood for Appellants. Hadsell, Sweet, Ingalls & Lamb and Thomas C. Anglim for […]

St. John v. St. John, 4 Cal.2d 245 [Sac. No. 4921. In Bank. August 26, 1935.] HARRY L. ST. JOHN, Administrator, etc., Appellant, v. ADA A. ST. JOHN, Administratrix, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Jesse W. Carter and Dallas L. Barrett for Appellant. Chenoweth & Leininger for Respondent. OPINION PRESTON, J. John L. St. John and his […]

March v. Pantaleo, 4 Cal.2d 242 [Sac. No. 4926. In Bank. August 26, 1935.] HARRY A. MARCH, Appellant, v. JOSEPH PANTALEO et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Bush & Cleary for Appellant. Griffin & Boone and Edward T. Taylor for Respondents. OPINION LANGDON, J. This is an action to quiet title to a ranch near Riverbank, California. […]

Williams v. Merced Irr. Dist., 4 Cal.2d 238 [Sac. No. 4848. In Bank. August 26, 1935.] THOMAS WILLIAMS et al., Appellants, v. MERCED IRRIGATION DISTRICT, Respondent. COUNSEL Louis T. Milburn and Preston & Braucht for Appellants. H. K. Landram and C. Ray Robinson for Respondent. OPINION WASTE, C.J. The question presented by this appeal may […]

Baker v. Baker, 4 Cal.2d 235 [Sac. No. 4907. In Bank. August 23, 1935.] MATTIE ALICE BAKER, Respondent, v. E. J. BAKER, Appellant. COUNSEL Fred C. Pugh and Pugh & Pugh for Appellant. Wetter & Rankin, Jesse W. Carter and Dallas L. Barratt for Respondent. OPINION PRESTON, J. This is an action to establish and […]

Bennett v. Ukiah Fair Association, 4 Cal.2d 232 [Sac. No. 4940. In Bank. August 23, 1935.] E. C. BENNETT, Plaintiff, v. UKIAH FAIR ASSOCIATION (a Corporation) et al., Defendants. UKIAH FAIR ASSOCIATION (a Corporation), Cross-complainant and Appellant, v. E. P. THURSTON et al., Cross-Defendants and Respondents. COUNSEL Keith C. Eversole, W. H. Brunner and J. […]

Meyer v. Kirkwood, 4 Cal.2d 229 [L. A. No. 14499. In Bank. August 22, 1935.] ROBERT V. MEYER, Respondent, v. M. M. KIRKWOOD et al., Appellants. GEORGE S. CASE, Respondent, v. M. M. KIRKWOOD et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Leonard J. Meyberg, P. N. McCloskey and Paul M. Joseph for Appellants. [4 Cal.2d 230] Walter C. […]

Dupont v. Dupont, 4 Cal.2d 227 [S. F. No. 15341. In Bank. August 21, 1935.] VIOLET TEARNEY DUPONT, Appellant, v. ALFRED DUPONT, Respondent. COUNSEL Ralph L. Isaac and Jerome L. Schiller for Appellant. Lombardi & Minnis for Respondent. [4 Cal.2d 228] OPINION WASTE, C.J. Plaintiff, to whom was awarded an interlocutory decree of divorce, appeals […]

Estate of Levy, 4 Cal.2d 223 [S. F. No. 15396. In Bank. August 20, 1935.] In the Matter of the Estate of ISAAC LEVY, etc., Deceased. ABE LIPTON et al., Respondents, v. EYRLE R. LEVY, Individually and as Executor, Objector; ALVIRA DAVIS, Appellant. COUNSEL G. C. Ringole for Appellant. David D. Oliphant, Jr., for Respondents. […]