Category: 1936

Wilson v. Brown, 5 Cal.2d 425 [Sac. No. 4954. In Bank. February 28, 1936.] WALTER R. WILSON et al., Respondents, v. SAMUEL BROWN et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Fred S. Howell for Appellants. Lounibos, Schwobeda & McGoldrick and Lounibos, McGoldrick & Lounibos for Respondents. OPINION CURTIS, J. This was a suit for specific performance of an […]

Lindemann v. San Joaquin Cotton Oil Co., 5 Cal.2d 480 [Sac. No. 4975. In Bank. February 28, 1936.] RUDOLF LINDEMANN, Respondent, v. SAN JOAQUIN COTTON OIL COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Harry D. Parker, Raymond G. Stanbury, Parker & Stanbury, Walter S. Coen and Chester O. Hansen for Appellants. Kidd, Schell & Delamer, […]

Pyroil Sales Co., Inc., v. Pep Boys, Manny, Moe & Jack of California, 5 Cal.2d 784 [L. A. No. 14954. In Bank. February 28, 1936.] PYROIL SALES COMPANY, INC. (a Corporation), Appellant, v. THE PEP BOYS, MANNY, MOE & JACK OF CALIFORNIA (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL John C. Mead for Appellant. Travers, Landels, Weigel & […]

Freeman v. River Farms Co., 5 Cal.2d 431 [S. F. No. 15474. In Bank. February 28, 1936.] GEORGE R. FREEMAN et al., Respondents, v. RIVER FARMS COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA (a Corporation) et al., Appellants. COUNSEL John E. Truman for Appellants. John L. McNab and Robert Littler, as Amici Curiae on Behalf of Appellants. George R. […]

O’LEARY v. HERBERT, 5 Cal.2d 416 [Sac. No. 4805. In Bank. February 28, 1936.] M. T. O’LEARY, Respondent, v. JOHN HENRY HERBERT et al., Appellants. RODEO VALLEJO FERRY COMPANY, Respondent, v. JOHN HENRY HERBERT et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Grant H. Smith and L. C. Leet for Appellants. T. J. O’Leary, Dunn, White & Aiken and […]

Nelson v. Fernando Nelson & Sons, 5 Cal.2d 511 [S. F. No. 15503. In Bank. February 28, 1936.] MRS. GRACE DEERING NELSON, Appellant, v. FERNANDO NELSON & SONS (a Corporation), Respondent. [S. F. No. 15108. In Bank. February 28, 1936.] MRS. GRACE DEERING NELSON, Respondent, v. FERNANDO NELSON & SONS (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL Carroll […]

Giometti v. Etienne, 5 Cal.2d 411 [L. A. No. 15409. In Bank. February 27, 1936.] E. GIOMETTI et al., Appellants, v. VICTOR ETIENNE, Jr., Respondent. COUNSEL Carl E. Lindsay and Lindsay & Gearhart for Appellants. Richard tum Suden and Peter tum Suden for Respondent. OPINION WASTE, C.J. Motion to dismiss upon the ground that the […]

Singh v. U.S. American Malwa Sudharak Soc., 5 Cal.2d 405 [Sac. No. 4938. In Bank. February 26, 1936.] GURDIT SINGH et al., Appellants, v. U.S. AMERICAN MALWA SUDHARAK SOCIETY (a Nonprofit Corporation) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Hubert H. Briggs and Frederick L. Felton for Appellants. George C. Carmody for Respondents. OPINION CONREY, J. Appeal from […]

Frey & Horgan Corp. v. Superior Court, 5 Cal.2d 401 [S. F. No. 15485. In Bank. February 26, 1936.] FREY & HORGAN CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Thomas H. Breeze for Petitioner. Williamson & Wallace and Willard S. Johnston for Respondents. OPINION […]

  Forbis v. Holzman, 5 Cal.2d 407 [L. A. No. 15408. In Bank. February 26, 1936.] FRANK H. FORBIS et al., Respondents, v. RALPH R. HOLZMAN, Appellant. COUNSEL Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and Philip C. Sterry for Appellant. Simpson & Simpson and Troy Pace for Respondents. OPINION THE COURT. This is an action for wrongful […]

Crane v. Stevinson, 5 Cal.2d 387 [Sac. No. 4924. In Bank. February 25, 1936.] C. A. CRANE, Appellant, v. J. J. STEVINSON (a Corporation) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Treadwell, Laughlin & Treadwell for Appellant. George J. Hatfield, Fred B. Wood, Norris J. Burke and Richard H. Fuidge for Respondents. OPINION CONREY, J. The plaintiff is […]

Schultz v. Town of Lakeport, 5 Cal.2d 377 [Sac. No. 4989. In Bank. February 24, 1936.] E. C. SCHULTZ, Respondent, v. TOWN OF LAKEPORT (a Municipal Corporation) et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Lovett K. Fraser for Appellants. Louis Bartlett for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. The plaintiff sued the defendants for damages alleged to have been suffered […]

Knapp v. Bergman, 5 Cal.2d 368 [Sac. No. 4931. In Bank. February 21, 1936.] WAITY KNAPP, Respondent, v. ETHEL R. BERGMAN, Appellant. COUNSEL Henry & Bedeau for Appellant. [5 Cal.2d 369] John M. Welsh and Butler, Van Dyke & Harris for Respondent. OPINION SEAWELL, J. This appeal is from a judgment in an action quieting […]

Nicholson v. City of Los Angeles, 5 Cal.2d 361 [L. A. No. 15601. In Bank. February 20, 1936.] HATTIE NICHOLSON, Respondent, v. THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES (a Municipal Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL Ray L. Chesebro, City Attorney, Frederick von Schrader, Assistant City Attorney, and Thatcher J. Kemp, Deputy City Attorney, for Appellant. Martinelli & Gardiner, […]

Roberts v. Brae, 5 Cal.2d 356 [Sac. No. 4930. In Bank. February 20, 1936.] MINNIE ROBERTS, Appellant, v. AUGUSTA BRAE et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Charles L. Gilmore for Appellant. Henry S. Lyon, Elwood Murphey and C. W. Pearson for Respondents. OPINION WASTE, C.J. In this action to quiet title the plaintiff appeals from a judgment […]

County of Los Angeles v. Legg, 5 Cal.2d 349 [Sac. No. 5018. In Bank. February 19, 1936.] COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, Petitioner, v. HERBERT C. LEGG, as Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Everett W. Mattoon, County Counsel, and J. H. O’Connor, Assistant County Counsel, for Petitioner. O’Melveny, Tuller & Myers, James […]

People v. Boulton, 5 Cal.2d 342 [Crim. No. 3875. In Bank. February 18, 1936.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. J. C. BOULTON, Appellant. COUNSEL No appearance for Appellant. [5 Cal.2d 343] U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, and Ralph H. Cowing, Deputy Attorney- General, for Respondent. OPINION SEAWELL, J. The defendant, by an information filed against him in the […]

People v. Dugger, 5 Cal.2d 337 [Crim. No. 3902. In Bank. February 17, 1936.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. THOMAS EDWARD DUGGER, Appellant. COUNSEL No appearance for Appellant. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, and Warner I. Praul, Deputy Attorney- General, for Respondent. OPINION WASTE, C.J. In an indictment returned by the grand jury of Los Angeles County containing […]

Estate of Marcus, 5 Cal.2d 336 [L. A. No. 15538. In Bank. February 17, 1936.] In the Matter of the Estate of MARY MARCUS, Deceased. ARTHUR REDMOND, as Executor, etc., et al., Respondents, v. LOUIS MARCUS, Appellant. COUNSEL Benjamin P. Riskin for Appellant. William P. Redmond and Lamdan & Damon for Respondents. OPINION THE COURT. […]

Crouch v. Gilmore Oil Co., Ltd., 5 Cal.2d 330 [L. A. No. 15586. In Bank. February 14, 1936.] JOSEPH CROUCH, a Minor, etc., Appellant, v. GILMORE OIL COMPANY, LTD. (a Corporation), Respondent. HOMER L. CROUCH, Appellant, v. GILMORE OIL COMPANY, LTD. (a Corporation), Respondent. JACK L. DORAN, Appellant, v. GILMORE OIL COMPANY, LTD. (a Corporation), […]

Stitt v. Stitt, 5 Cal.2d 329 [L. A. No. 15376. In Bank. February 13, 1936.] JULIA LOUISE STITT, Respondent, v. CORWIN J. STITT, Appellant. COUNSEL W. C. Dalzell for Appellant. Paul J. Otto and Paul E. Iverson for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. Respondent has moved for a diminution of the record in order to bring […]

Dry Cleaners & Dyers Institute v. Reiss, 5 Cal.2d 306 [S. F. No. 15496. In Bank. February 7, 1936.] DRY CLEANERS AND DYERS INSTITUTE OF SAN FRANCISCO AND BAY COUNTIES, INC. (a Corporation), Respondent, v. PHIL REISS et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Herbert Choynski for Appellants. Jerome Politzer and Walter H. Duane for Respondent. OPINION CURTIS, […]

Central Nat. Bank v. Bell, 5 Cal.2d 324 [Sac. No. 4929. In Bank. February 11, 1936.] CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK OF OAKLAND (a National Banking Association), Respondent, v. HENRY BELL et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Garland Ruddle, in pro. per., James F. Peck, Henry C. McPike, C. F. Rafferty, Elizabeth M. Maxwell and Louis W. Jefferson for […]

Skinner v. City of Los Angeles, 5 Cal.2d 317 [L. A. No. 14963. In Bank. February 10, 1936.] T. G. SKINNER, Respondent, v. THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES (a Municipal Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL Ray L. Chesebro, City Attorney, Frederick von Schrader, Assistant City Attorney, and G. Ellsworth Meyer, Charles F. Reiche and Arthur W. Nordstrom, […]

Hill v. Fricke, 5 Cal.2d 320 [Sac. No. 4900. In Bank. February 10, 1936.] GENE HILL, Respondent, v. EDWIN H. FRICKE et al., Defendants; ARTHUR R. FRICKE, Appellant. COUNSEL E. L. Webber, Mervin C. Lernhart and A. Q. Lomba for Appellant. Fred A. Watkins for Respondent. [5 Cal.2d 321] OPINION WASTE, C.J. This is an […]