Category: 1936

Kaysser v. McNaughton, 6 Cal.2d 248 [L. A. No. 15473. In Bank. April 30, 1936.] G. VIRGINIA KAYSSER, Appellant, v. GUY McNAUGHTON et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Griffith & Thornburgh and Butcher & Haines for Appellant. Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, F. D. Madison, Marshall P. Madison, Gerald S. Levin, Lawler & Degnan, Max Felix, Garnet C. […]

The Atkins Corporation v. Tourny, 6 Cal.2d 206 [S. F. No. 15347. In Bank. April 30, 1936.] THE ATKINS CORPORATION (a Corporation), Respondent, v. GEORGE TOURNY et al., Trustees, Appellants; OLGA WAIZMAN, an Incompetent Person, etc., Intervener and Appellant. [6 Cal.2d 208] COUNSEL Hugh Goodfellow, in pro. per., Carl Westerfeld, Thomas Ashby and A. Dal […]

People v. James, 6 Cal.2d 226 [Crim. No. 3951. In Bank. April 30, 1936.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. CHARLES JAMES, Appellant. COUNSEL Everett M. Glenn for Appellant. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, and Ralph H. Cowing, Deputy Attorney- General, for Respondent. OPINION LANGDON, J. Defendant appeals from a conviction of murder in the first degree without recommendation […]

Belser v. American Trust Co., 6 Cal.2d 204 [S. F. No. 15471. In Bank. April 30, 1936.] PAUL A. BELSER, Appellant, v. THE AMERICAN TRUST COMPANY, Executor, etc., et al., Respondents. [6 Cal.2d 205] COUNSEL J. E. White for Appellant. Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, McKinstry & Haber and Peirce Coombes for Respondents. OPINION LANGDON, […]

Estate of Crane, 6 Cal.2d 218 [L. A. No. 15051. In Bank. April 30, 1936.] In the Matter of the Estate of EMMETT C. CRANE, Deceased. KATHRYN F. CRANE, Appellant, v. BURTON BRIGGS CRANE, as Executor, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Clarke & Bowker, Don G. Bowker and Robert M. Clarke for Appellant. Burton Briggs Crane, in […]

People v. Carr, 6 Cal.2d 227 [Crim. No. 3969. In Bank. April 30, 1936.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. LEE R. CARR, Appellant. COUNSEL F. H. Bowers and Gladys Towles Root for Appellant. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, and Paul D. McCormick, Deputy Attorney- General, for Respondent. [6 Cal.2d 228] OPINION LANGDON, J. Defendant was charged with rape. […]

Sacramento M. U. Dist. v. All Parties, etc., 6 Cal.2d 197 [Sac. No. 5021. In Bank. April 29, 1936.] SACRAMENTO MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT, Respondent, v. ALL PARTIES AND PERSONS, etc., Defendants; PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Appellants. [Sac. No. 5013. In Bank. April 29, 1936.] SACRAMENTO MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT, Respondent, v. […]

Pimentel v. Conselho Supremo, etc., 6 Cal.2d 182 [S. F. No. 15441. In Bank. April 29, 1936.] MARIA C. PIMENTEL et al., Minors, etc., Respondents, v. CONSELHO SUPREMO de UNIAO PORTUGUEZA do ESTADO da CALIFORNIA (a California Corporation), Defendant and Cross-Complainant; J. C. PIMENTEL, Appellant. COUNSEL Carlos R. Freitas, Jerome A. Duffy and Thomas F. […]

People v. Murguia, 6 Cal.2d 190 [Crim. No. 3850. In Bank. April 29, 1936.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. FRANCISCO MURGUIA, Appellant. COUNSEL Gregory P. Maushart and Francis W. Murphy for Appellant. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, and Ralph H. Cowing, Deputy Attorney- General, for Respondent. OPINION CONREY, J. “The defendant appeals from a judgment of conviction of […]

  Lertora v. Riley, 6 Cal.2d 171 [S. F. No. 15523. In Bank. April 27, 1936.] A. LERTORA, Respondent, v. RAY L. RILEY, Controller, etc., et al., Appellants. EUGENE BIGGIO, Respondent, v. RAY L. RILEY, Controller, etc., et al., Respondents. COUNSEL U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, Ralph O. Marron and Darwin Bryan, Deputies Attorney-General, for Appellants. Arthur […]

Estate of Kent, 6 Cal.2d 154 [L. A. No. 15336. In Bank. April 27, 1936.] In the Matter of the Estate of LOUISE M. KENT, Deceased. CALIFORNIA TRUST COMPANY, as Administrator, etc., Appellant, v. ALICE CASSIDY, as Executrix, etc., et al., Respondents. COUNSEL ChaS.E. R. Fulcher for Appellant. Russell D. Hardy, as Amicus Curiae on […]

Stever v. Stever, 6 Cal.2d 166 [L. A. No. 15485. In Bank. April 27, 1936.] EUGENE R. STEVER, Respondent, v. MAE I. STEVER, Appellant. COUNSEL Archie L. Tower for Appellant. Cameron & Perkins for Respondent. OPINION CURTIS, J. Respondent was granted a divorce from appellant by default. There was one child, Betty Jean Stever, a […]

Gane v. Gane, 6 Cal.2d 145 [S. F. No. 15430. In Bank. April 21, 1936.] ROBERT M. GANE, Respondent, v. FLORENCE A. GANE, Appellant. COUNSEL Lelia R. Leep for Appellant. Jesse H. Miller for Respondent. OPINION CURTIS, J. Plaintiff brought an action for divorce against defendant, basing his grounds upon certain acts of cruelty which […]

City Investments, Ltd. v. Johnson, 6 Cal.2d 150 [Sac. No. 4829. In Bank. April 21, 1936.] CITY INVESTMENTS, LTD. (a Corporation), Appellant, v. CHARLES G. JOHNSON, as Treasurer, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Cushing & Cushing, Charles S. Wheeler, Charles S. Wheeler, Jr., Walter Slack and D. L. King for Appellant. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, H. H. Linney, […]

Branch v. State Bar, 6 Cal.2d 143 [S. F. No. 15519. In Bank. April 20, 1936.] ALFRED L. BRANCH, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL Alfred L. Branch, in pro. per., for Petitioner. Philbrick McCoy for Respondent. OPINION CONREY, J. In a proceeding before The State Bar of California, petitioner was charged […]

Dwelly v. McReynolds, 6 Cal.2d 128 [S. F. No. 15522. In Bank. April 18, 1936.] VERNON EDWARD DWELLY, Respondent, v. O. McREYNOLDS et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Bronson, Bronson & Slaven, John H. Painter, and Charles V. Barfield for Appellants. [6 Cal.2d 130] Martinelli & Gardiner, Jordan L. Martinelli and Samuel W. Gardiner for Respondent. OPINION […]

Bond v. City of Pasadena, 6 Cal.2d 139 [L. A. No. 15472. In Bank. April 18, 1936.] G. W. BOND et al., Appellants, v. THE CITY OF PASADENA (a Municipal Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL Crouch & Crouch and George W. Crouch for Appellants. Harold P. Huls, City Attorney, and John W. Holmes, Deputy City Attorney, for […]

McBride v. Saylin, 6 Cal.2d 134 [L. A. No. 15552. In Bank. April 18, 1936.] CLIFTON R. McBRIDE, Appellant, v. DR. JOSEPH SAYLIN et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Ben F. Griffith and Malcolm Archbald for Appellant. W. I. Gilbert for Respondents. OPINION SHENK, J. In this case a petition for hearing after decision of the District […]

Tognazzi v. Wilhelm, 6 Cal.2d 123 [S. F. No. 15516. In Bank. April 16, 1936.] ANNA M. TOGNAZZI, Appellant, v. HAZEL M. WILHELM, Respondent. COUNSEL Joseph A. Brown for Appellant. Glensor, Clewe, Schofield & Van Dine for Respondent. OPINION WASTE, C.J. This is an appeal from a judgment entered after a demurrer to the complaint […]

Lanktree v. Lanktree, 6 Cal.2d 120 [S. F. No. 15506. In Bank. April 16, 1936.] WILBUR J. LANKTREE, Appellant, v. JANE CLARK LANKTREE, Respondent. COUNSEL Allen C. Cunha and Dean Cunha for Appellant. A. R. Rowell and Donahue, Hynes & Hamlin for Respondent. OPINION CURTIS, J. This action was commenced by the plaintiff to quiet […]

Superior Oil Co. v. Superior Court, 6 Cal.2d 113 [S. F. No. 15576. In Bank. April 14, 1936.] SUPERIOR OIL COMPANY (a California Corporation), Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF KINGS COUNTY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Chandler, Wright & Ward for Petitioner. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, and R. S. McLaughlin, Deputy Attorney- General, for Respondents. OPINION […]

Building etc. Assn. v. Richardson, 6 Cal.2d 90 [L. A. No. 14173. In Bank. April 14, 1936.] NORTH AMERICAN BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, Appellant, v. FRIEND W. RICHARDSON, as Building and Loan Commissioner, etc., et al., Respondents. COUNSEL David R. Faries, Joseph Scott and Don F. Tyler for Appellant. Roscoe C. Andrews, Roland Tognazzini and […]

People v. Stone, 6 Cal.2d 62 [Crim. No. 3986. In Bank. April 2, 1936.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. ELTON M. STONE, Appellant. COUNSEL Arthur C. Shepard, Edward L. Kellas and A. W. Carlson for Appellant. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, and Dan F. Conway, District Attorney, for Respondent. OPINION THOMPSON, J. The defendant was indicted for murder. […]

Oldfield v. Bank of America etc. Assn., 6 Cal.2d 103 [L. A. No. 15155. In Bank. April 14, 1936.] BARNEY OLDFIELD, Appellant, v. BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION (a Banking Association), Respondent. COUNSEL Carroll Allen and A. E. McManus for Appellant. Louis Ferrari, Edmund Nelson and G. L. Berrey for Respondent. OPINION […]

Wells v. Lloyd IV, 6 Cal.2d 70 [L. A. No. 15517. In Bank. April 6, 1936.] MYRON H. WELLS, as Trustee in Bankruptcy, etc., Respondent, v. ELWOOD LLOYD IV et al., Defendants; BANK OF AMERICA (a Corporation) et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Freston & Files, Louis Ferrari and Edmund Nelson for Appellants. Guy Richards Crump and […]