Category: 1935

People v. McNabb , 3 Cal.2d 441 [Crim. No. 3807. In Bank. April 30, 1935.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. ETHAN McNABB et al., Appellants. COUNSEL William L. Southwell for Appellants. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, and Ralph O. Marron and William F. Cleary, Deputies Attorney-General, for Respondent. OPINION SEAWELL, J. Ethan McNabb, William Bagley, Louis H. Downs, […]

Crawford v. Southern Pacific Co. , 3 Cal.2d 427 [S. F. No. 15280. In Bank. April 30, 1935.] CLAUDE L. CRAWFORD, Respondent, v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Harold D. Durst and Roy G. Hillebrand for Appellants. Fred A. Watkins and Edmund J. Holl for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. Defendants appeal […]

Grivi v. Superior Court , 3 Cal.2d 463 [L. A. No. 15112. In Bank. April 30, 1935.] HENRY GRIVI, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Wm. H. Neblett, R. Dean Warner and E. H. Mitchell for Petitioner. Everett W. Mattoon, County Counsel, and J. F. Moroney, Deputy County […]

Notten v. Mensing , 3 Cal.2d 469 [L. A. No. 14911. In Bank. April 30, 1935.] HENRY NOTTEN et al., Appellants, v. MARQUES B. MENSING et al., Respondents. COUNSEL E. W. Howell and Sheridan, Orr, Drapeau & Bates for Appellants. Don G. Bowker and James C. Hollingsworth for Respondents. OPINION THE COURT. Plaintiffs appeal from […]

Kayser v. Gorman , 3 Cal.2d 478 [S. F. No. 15051. In Bank. April 30, 1935.] ELMER PRICHARD KAYSER, Plaintiff, v. ALFRED WALTER GORMAN et al., Defendants. BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, Appellant, v. W. E. HILLS, as Receiver, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL P. A. Bergerot and A. P. Dessouslavy for Appellant. Albert […]

Meek v. Fowler , 3 Cal.2d 420 [L. A. No. 15014. In Bank. April 30, 1935.] ANNE MEEK, an Infant, etc., et al., Respondents, v. H. M. FOWLER et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Francis J. Gabel for Appellants. Bronson, Bronson & Slaven, John H. Painter, Harry D. Parker, Raymond G. Stanbury, White McGee, Jr., Vernon W. […]

Hendricksen v. State Subsidiary, Ltd. , 3 Cal.2d 459 [Sac. No. 4891. In Bank. April 30, 1935.] W. A. HENDRICKSEN et al., Respondents, v. THE STATE SUBSIDIARY, LTD. (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL Barbour, Kellas & Backlund for Appellant. [3 Cal.2d 460] J. K. Tuttle, Ben H. Johnson and G. L. Aynesworth for Respondents. OPINION PRESTON, […]

Fross v. Wotton , 3 Cal.2d 384 [S. F. No. 15107. In Bank. April 26, 1935.] B. FROSS, Plaintiff, v. A. D. WOTTON et al., Respondents; FRANK A. RETHERS, as Trustee in Bankruptcy, etc., Intervener and Appellant. COUNSEL Torregano & Stark, A. B. Kreft and August B. Rothchild for Appellant. Phillip Barnett and Samuel Vartan […]

Alamitos Land Co. v. Shell Oil Co. , 3 Cal.2d 396 [L. A. No. 13867. In Bank. April 26, 1935.] ALAMITOS LAND COMPANY (a Corporation), Plaintiff and Appellant, v. SHELL OIL COMPANY (a Corporation), Defendant and Appellant. COUNSEL Orrick, Palmer & Dahlquist, Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, W. H. Orrick, Leslie R. Hewitt, Mitchell T. […]

People v. Makovsky , 3 Cal.2d 366 [Crim. No. 3827. In Bank. April 25, 1935.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. LOUIS MAKOVSKY, Appellant. COUNSEL George Gelder and Myron Harris for Appellant. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, and Seibert L. Sefton, Deputy Attorney-General, for Respondent. OPINION CURTIS, J. A hearing was granted in this case after decision by the […]

J. R. Garrett Co. v. States , 3 Cal.2d 379 [Sac. No. 4775. In Bank. April 25, 1935.] J. R. GARRETT COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent, v. S. J. STATES et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Fred W. Lake for Appellants. J. A. Pardee for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. The facts in this action were correctly stated in […]

Shouse v. Quinley , 3 Cal.2d 357 [S. F. No. 15064. In Bank. April 25, 1935.] E. C. SHOUSE, Petitioner, v. C. W. QUINLEY, as Collector, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Hankins & Hankins and A. L. Cowell for Petitioner. Thomas C. Boone and Griffin & Boone for Respondent. [3 Cal.2d 358] F. G. Athearn, Milton T. […]

Houser v. Houser , 3 Cal.2d 371 [S. F. No. 15079. In Bank. April 25, 1935.] LIONEL HOUSER et al., Minors, etc., Appellants, v. NATHAN L. HOUSER et al., Defendants; JENNIE V. HOUSER, Respondent. COUNSEL Sullivan, Roche, Johnson & Barry and Sullivan, Roche & Johnson for Appellants. J. J. Posner and Samuel M. Samter for […]

  Ferran v. Southern Pacific Co. , 3 Cal.2d 350 [S. F. No. 15296. In Bank. April 24, 1935.] PHILLIP FERRAN, Appellant, v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Daniel A. Ryan, Thomas C. Ryan and James W. Harvey for Appellant. Dunne & Dunne and Arthur B. Dunne for Respondents. OPINION THE COURT. We […]

Moran v. Moran , 3 Cal.2d 342 [S. F. No. 15055. In Bank. April 24, 1935.] MARY MORAN, Respondent, v. EDWARD N. MORAN, Appellant. COUNSEL Edward M. Leonard for Appellant. Nicholas Barron for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. This appeal has been taken from an order of the superior court purporting to modify a property settlement […]

Lewis v. Booth , 3 Cal.2d 345 [L. A. No. 15015. In Bank. April 24, 1935.] CAROLINE H. LEWIS, Appellant, v. C. MORTON BOOTH, Respondent. COUNSEL ChaS.E. McGinnis and W. Frank Shelley for Appellant. C. Morton Booth, in pro. per., and Albert J. Signer for Respondent. OPINION SEAWELL, J. Plaintiff appeals from a judgment that […]

Coward v. Coward , 3 Cal.2d 340 [S. F. No. 15127. In Bank. April 22, 1935.] ELOISE COWARD, Respondent, v. HERBERT C. COWARD et al., Appellants. COUNSEL A. Q. Lomba and W. L. Albert for Appellants. O. G. Foelker and J. H. McKnight for Respondent. OPINION CURTIS, J. [1] Appeal from an order denying motion […]

McCreary v. Falconer , 3 Cal.2d 335 [S. F. No. 14999. In Bank. April 22, 1935.] T. G. McCREARY et al., Appellants, v. MARY E. FALCONER et al., Defendants; HARRY J. BIAS et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Rittenhouse & Snyder for Appellants. Harry J. Bias, in pro. per., Paul F. Fratessa and Stanislaus A. Riley for […]

People v. Tanner , 3 Cal.2d 279 [Crim. No. 3777. In Bank. April 19, 1935.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. WILLIAM E. TANNER et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Griffith Jones, Edward Feldman, Ralph Eckhardt, Harold L. Davis and John Groene for Appellants. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, Frank Richards, Deputy Attorney- General, Buron Fitts, District Attorney, and Tracy Chatfield […]

People v. Ramos , 3 Cal.2d 269 [Crim. No. 3817. In Bank. April 19, 1935.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. AUGUSTIN RAMOS, Appellant. COUNSEL Geo. D. Pollock, Lloyd C. White and Bertram Young for Appellant. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, and Seibert L. Sefton, Deputy Attorney-General, for Respondent. OPINION WASTE, C.J. The appellant was charged with the murder […]

Hutton v. Ormando , 3 Cal.2d 305 [S. F. No. 15023. In Bank. April 19, 1935.] HIRAM C. HUTTON, Respondent, v. VINCENZO ORMANDO, Appellant. COUNSEL O. H. Speciale and Owen D. Richardson for Appellant. Bohnett, Hill & Cottrell for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. The plaintiff sued to have the defendant enjoined from obstructing a certain […]

Times-Mirror Co. v. Superior Court , 3 Cal.2d 309 [S. F. No. 15220. In Bank. April 19, 1935.] THE TIMES-MIRROR COMPANY (a Corporation), Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Cosgrove & O’Neil and Frank B. Yoakum, Jr., for Petitioner. Ray L. Chesebro, City Attorney, Robert F. Shippee, Frederick […]

Gillis v. Pan American Western Pet. Co. , 3 Cal.2d 249 [L. A. No. 14975. In Bank. April 19, 1935.] HECTOR GILLIS et al., Appellants, v. PAN AMERICAN WESTERN PETROLEUM COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Defendants; EDWARD L. DOHENY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL W. A. Alderson, L. Frank Ottofy, G. C. De Garmo, W. M. […]

Union Safe Deposit Bank v. Menlo Park , 3 Cal.2d 264 [S. F. No. 15237. In Bank. April 19, 1935.] UNION SAFE DEPOSIT BANK (a Corporation), Petitioner, v. CITY OF MENLO PARK (a Municipal Corporation) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Nutter & Rutherford and A. P. Hayne for Petitioner. James T. O’Keefe, City Attorney, for Respondents. […]

Sword v. Sword , 3 Cal.2d 266 [S. F. No. 15067. In Bank. April 19, 1935.] GLADYS N. SWORD, Appellant, v. WALTER C. SWORD, Respondent. COUNSEL Roy Daily for Appellant. Fred A. Watkins for Respondent. OPINION WASTE, C.J. On April 29, 1931, the plaintiff procured an interlocutory decree of divorce from the defendant on the […]