Category: 1936

Ales v. Ryan, 8 Cal.2d 82 [S. F. No. 15661. In Bank. December 31, 1936.] FRANK ALES, as Administrator, etc., Appellant, v. FRED S. RYAN, Respondent. COUNSEL R. V. Bressani, David M. Burnett and John M. Burnett for Appellant. Bohnett, Hill & Campbell, L. H. Schellbach, D. T. Jenkins and Frank V. Campbell for Respondent. […]

Collins v. Corse, 8 Cal.2d 123 [S. F. No. 15476. In Bank. December 31, 1936.] LEW L. COLLINS, Respondent, v. GEORGE H. CORSE, Jr., et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Resleure, Vivell & Pinckney and Eugene R. Elerding for Appellants. S. M. Saroyan for Respondent. OPINION CURTIS, J. Appellants have attempted to perfect an appeal to this […]

Mortgage Guarantee Co. v. Chotiner, 8 Cal.2d 110 [L. A. No. 15897. In Bank. December 31, 1936.] MORTGAGE GUARANTEE COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Appellants, v. ALBERT H. CHOTINER et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Alvan M. Palmer and Harvey A. Harkness for Appellants. Charles J. Katz and Alfred Gitelson for Respondents. OPINION THOMPSON, J. On August […]

Tuttle v. Crawford, 8 Cal.2d 126 [L. A. No. 15931. In Bank. December 31, 1936.] MARY V. TUTTLE et al., Respondents, v. W. H. CRAWFORD et al., Defendants; WALTER YAMADA et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Hugh B. Rotchford, Roy S. Nizuno and Everett H. Smith for Appellants. Thomas M. Bergin for Respondents. Edmund G. Brown and […]

Los Angeles Drug Co. v. Superior Court, 8 Cal.2d 71 [S. F. No. 15710. In Bank. December 29, 1936.] LOS ANGELES DRUG COMPANY, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent. [L. A. No. 16038. In Bank. December 29, 1936.] LOS ANGELES DRUG COMPANY, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, […]

Watson v. Commonwealth Ins. Co., 8 Cal.2d 61 [S. F. No. 15651. In Bank. December 28, 1936.] KENNETH WATSON, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK (a Corporation) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Hugh Goodfellow, Thomas Ashby, Carl Westerfeld, Hartley F. Peart and A. Dal Thomson for Appellant. Thornton & Watt, Thornton & Taylor and […]

People v. Appellate Dept. of Superior Ct., 8 Cal.2d 56 [L. A. No. 15853. In Bank. December 28, 1936.] THE PEOPLE, Petitioner, v. THE APPELLATE DEPARTMENT OF THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Ray L. Chesebro, City Attorney, Newton J. Kendall, Assistant City Attorney, and John L. Bland and Ned […]

Fritz v. Gilbert, 8 Cal.2d 68 [S. F. No. 15613. In Bank. December 28, 1936.] OLIVE E. L. FRITZ et al., Respondents, v. J. R. GILBERT et al., Appellants. COUNSEL W. H. Metson and E. B. Mering for Appellants. Duncan A. McLeod, Philip M. Carey and Leslie M. Julian for Respondents. OPINION LANGDON, J. This […]

Mortgage Guar. Co. v. Motors Accept. Corp., 8 Cal.2d 40 [L. A. No. 15975. In Bank. December 23, 1936.] MORTGAGE GUARANTEE COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Respondents, v. MOTORS ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION (a Corporation) et al., Defendants; H. B. BRECKWEDEL, Appellant. COUNSEL Victor Ford Collins for Appellant. Thomas M. Parrington and Gene G. Curry for Respondents. […]

Northwestern Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. Johnson, 8 Cal.2d 42 [S. F. No. 15566. In Bank. December 23, 1936.] THE NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent, v. CHARLES G. JOHNSON, State Treasurer, etc., Appellant. COUNSEL U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, Neil Cunningham, and James J. Arditto, Deputies Attorney-General, for Appellant. Livingston & Livingston for Respondent. […]

M. P. Moller, Inc., v. Wilson, 8 Cal.2d 31 [L. A. No. 15978. In Bank. December 23, 1936.] M. P. MOLLER, INC. (a Corporation), Respondent, v. D. W. WILSON et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Walter F. Haas, Stanley F. Maurseth and Gerald E. Kerrin for Appellants. Craig & Weller and Paul A. Amos for Respondent. OPINION […]

  Estate of McLellan, 8 Cal.2d 49 [S. F. No. 15633. In Bank. December 23, 1936.] In the Matter of the Estate of MARY BELLE McLELLAN, Deceased. FRANK L. McLELLAN et al., Appellants, v. MARY GRACE DeGEAR, Respondent. COUNSEL Hankins & Hankins for Appellants. Alfred J. Harwood for Respondent. OPINION EDMONDS, J. By this appeal, […]

Hall v. Desser, 8 Cal.2d 29 [L. A. No. 15955. In Bank. December 23, 1936.] ANN HALL et al., Respondents, v. A. LINCOLN DESSER, Appellant. COUNSEL Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and Philip C. Sterry for Appellant. Samuel L. Rummel for Respondents. OPINION THE COURT. We have examined the entire record in this cause and we […]

Root v. Burgeson, 8 Cal.2d 27 [S. F. No. 14983. In Bank. December 21, 1936.] BETTY D. ROOT, Respondent, v. F. A. BURGESON et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Joseph E. Bien and Werner Olds for Appellants. Franklin T. Poore for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. In 1926 defendant Burgeson was lessee of certain premises under a lease […]

Abelein v. Pepper, 8 Cal.2d 25 [S. F. No. 15626. In Bank. December 21, 1936.] MARIE ABELEIN, as Executrix, etc., Appellant, v. LUELLA D. PEPPER, Respondent. COUNSEL Carl W. Mueller for Appellant. Fred A. Watkins for Respondent. OPINION LANGDON, J. Katherine Schwalm, the decedent, a resident of San Francisco, made a will in 1930 leaving […]

People v. Rothrock, 8 Cal.2d 21 [Crim. No. 4046. In Bank. December 17, 1936.] THE PEOPLE, Appellant, v. DONALD A. ROTHROCK, Respondent. COUNSEL U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, Frank Richards, Deputy Attorney-General, Buron Fitts, District Attorney, and Jere J. Sullivan, Deputy District Attorney, for Appellant. Donald A. Rothrock, in pro. per., Josiah Coombs, James E. Fenton and […]

Waterman v. State Bar, 8 Cal.2d 17 [L. A. No. 15949. In Bank. December 17, 1936.] HERBERT R. WATERMAN, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL Herbert R. Waterman, in pro. per., for Petitioner. Philbrick McCoy for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. This is a proceeding to review the recommendation of the board of […]

Schroeter v. Bartlett Syndicate Bldg. Corp., 8 Cal.2d 12 [L. A. No. 14987. In Bank. December 15, 1936.] ERNEST U. SCHROETER, as Trustee in Bankruptcy, etc., Respondent, v. BARTLETT SYNDICATE BUILDING CORPORATION, LTD. (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL Bettin, Painter & Wait and Conant Wait for Appellant. Geo. W. Fenimore, Mathes & Sheppard, Robert A. Cushman […]

Estate of Davis, 8 Cal.2d 11 [L. A. No. 15690. In Bank. December 14, 1936.] In the Matter of the Estate of MARY S. DAVIS, Deceased. JENNIE SKINNER et al., Appellants, v. BLANCHE McGAVIC et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Robert H. Gillmore, G. Randolph Miller, Gerald C. Kepple, William L. Kuehn and Franz R. Sachse for […]

Alexander v. Security-First Nat. Bank, 7 Cal.2d 718 [L. A. No. 15263. In Bank. November 23, 1936.] ELSIE K. ALEXANDER et al., Plaintiffs; WILLIAM CHICK et al., Respondents, v. SECURITY-FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF LOS ANGELES, Appellant. COUNSEL Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Henry F. Prince and Frederic H. Sturdy for Appellant. C. C. Mishler, Carl L. […]

Mayo v. Mayo, 8 Cal.2d 9 [L. A. No. 13321. In Bank. December 11, 1936.] LUTHER T. MAYO, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. MARGUERITE MALONEY MAYO, Defendant and Respondent; MAJOR WOOLDRIDGE SMITH et al., Appellants. COUNSEL John J. McMahon for Appellants. G. C. DeGarmo for Plaintiff and Respondent. George Acret for Defendant and Respondent. OPINION THE […]

Fish v. Title Guarantee & Trust Co., 8 Cal.2d 7 [L. A. No. 15869. In Bank. December 10, 1936.] MRS. RACHEL FISH et al., Appellants, v. TITLE GUARANTEE & TRUST COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Arthur J. Edwards for Appellants. Edward D. Garratt for Respondents. OPINION THE COURT. Petitioners are executors of the […]

Williams v. General Insurance Co., 8 Cal.2d 1 [L. A. No. 15970. In Bank. December 10, 1936.] CARL R. WILLIAMS, Respondent, v. GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA et al., Defendants; GENERAL CASUALTY COMPANY, Appellant. COUNSEL C. A. Pinkham and Kidd, Schell & Delamer for Appellant. Henry T. Leckman, Jennings & Belcher and Louis E. Kearney […]

Gillum v. Johnson, 7 Cal.2d 744 [S. F. No. 15685. In Bank. November 25, 1936.] CLAUDE C. GILLUM, Petitioner, v. CHARLES G. JOHNSON, State Treasurer, etc., et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Hugh K. McKevitt and Charles W. Fisher for Petitioner. Athearn, Chandler & Farmer, Cullinan, Hickey & Sweigert and John C. Wood as Amici Curiae on […]

Colyear v. Tobriner, 7 Cal.2d 735 [S. F. No. 15495. In Bank. November 25, 1936.] C. C. COLYEAR, Appellant, v. MATHEW O. TOBRINER et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Henry O. Wackerbarth for Appellant. Livingston & Livingston for Respondents. OPINION SEAWELL, J. Plaintiff brought this action to obtain a judicial determination that he had exercised an option […]