Category: 1936

Commercial Solvents Corp. v. Riley, 7 Cal.2d 731 [S. F. No. 15678. In Bank. November 24, 1936.] COMMERCIAL SOLVENTS CORPORATION (a Corporation), Respondent, v. RAY L. RILEY et al., Appellants. COUNSEL U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, and Seibert L. Sefton, Deputy Attorney- General, for Appellants. Norman A. Eisner and Joseph C. Meyerstein for Respondent. OPINION LANGDON, J. […]

  Prudential Insurance Co. v. Sly, 7 Cal.2d 728 [S. F. No. 15454. In Bank. November 24, 1936.] THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA (a Corporation), Respondent, v. L. H. SLY, Appellant. COUNSEL Gaylord & Gaylord and Robert B. Gaylord for Appellant. Probasco & McClean, Ramsey Probasco and Cyril W. McClean for Respondent. OPINION LANGDON, […]

Shea v. City of San Bernardino, 7 Cal.2d 688 [L. A. No. 15766. In Bank. November 19, 1936.] JOHN J. SHEA et al., Respondents, v. CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO (a Municipal Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL William Guthrie and H. R. Griffin, City Attorneys, and W. D. Evans and Lowell E. Lathrop, Deputies City Attorney, for Appellant. […]

People v. Barwick, 7 Cal.2d 696 [Crim. No. 4033. In Bank. November 19, 1936.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. SAMUEL BARWICK, Appellant. COUNSEL Gladys Towles Root, F. M. Whichello and Morris Lavine for Appellant. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, and Warner I. Praul, Deputy Attorney- General, for Respondent. [7 Cal.2d 698] OPINION EDMONDS, J., pro tem. The defendant […]

Ventura County Title Co. v. Constance, 7 Cal.2d 684 [L. A. No. 15851. In Bank. November 19, 1936.] VENTURA COUNTY TITLE COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent, v. SABBAS CONSTANCE, Appellant. COUNSEL Stanley T. Tomlinson for Appellant. Merle J. Rogers and Rogers & Rogers for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. Motion to dismiss. [1] The respondent advances three […]

Estate of Murphey, 7 Cal.2d 712 [L. A. No. 15511. In Bank. November 19, 1936.] In the Matter of the Estate of AUGUSTA ASCHER MURPHEY, Deceased. JOSEPH L. MURPHEY, Executor, etc., Appellant, v. AMERICAN JEWISH CONGRESS et al., Respondents. [L. A. No. 15802. In Bank. November 19, 1936.] In the Matter of the Estate of […]

Kerr G. Mfg. Corp. v. San Buenaventura, 7 Cal.2d 701 [L. A. No. 15860. In Bank. November 19, 1936.] KERR GLASS MANUFACTURING CORPORATION (a Corporation), Petitioner, v. CITY OF SAN BUENAVENTURA (a Municipal Corporation) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Thorpe & Bridges and Gerald Bridges for Petitioner. Stacy C. Bates, City Attorney, Leon T. David and […]

Emerson v. Superior Court, 7 Cal.2d 685 [L. A. No. 15905. In Bank. November 19, 1936.] E. E. EMERSON, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF KERN COUNTY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Matthew S. Platz for Petitioner. Coker F. Rathbone for Respondents. OPINION EDMONDS, J., pro tem. Petitioner by this proceeding seeks to compel the superior […]

Thomson v. Thomson, 7 Cal.2d 671 [S. F. No. 15593. In Bank. November 18, 1936.] MILO THOMSON, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. SAMUEL CLARK THOMSON, Appellant; RETTA TUTTLE THOMSON, Cross-Defendant and Respondent. COUNSEL Meurice Swim for Appellant. Barrett & Barrett for Respondent. OPINION CURTIS, J. Action to quiet title to real property situated in the city […]

People v. Foss, 7 Cal.2d 669 [Crim. No. 4038. In Bank. November 17, 1936.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. GARVIN FOSS, Appellant. COUNSEL William W. Larsen, W. Frank Shelley and Franklin P. Bull for Appellant. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, and R. S. McLaughlin, Deputy Attorney- General, for Respondent. [7 Cal.2d 670] OPINION WASTE, C.J. Defendant was charged […]

Treat v. Superior Court, 7 Cal.2d 636 [S. F. No. 15692. In Bank. October 30, 1936.] EVELYN MARIQUITA TREAT, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Respondent. COUNSEL Nat Schmulowitz, George B. Harris, P. J. Murphy, Gavin McNab, Schmulowitz, Aikins & Brune for Petitioner. August L. Fourtner for Respondent. […]

CHARD v. O’CONNELL, 7 Cal.2d 663 [S. F. No. 15597. In Bank. November 16, 1936.] GRACE H. CHARD, Administratrix, etc., Respondent, v. DANIEL F. O’CONNELL, Appellant. COUNSEL John S. De Lancey for Appellant. Gillogley, Crofton & Payne, Francis N. Foley, Abraham Glicksberg and Walter C. Frame for Respondent. OPINION EDMONDS, J., pro tem. The judgment […]

Rhodes v. State Bar, 7 Cal.2d 660 [L. A. No. 15909. In Bank. November 12, 1936.] JOSEPH B. RHODES, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL Stanley A. Phipps for Petitioner. Philbrick McCoy for Respondent. OPINION WASTE, C.J. Petitioner, an attorney at law duly admitted to practice in the state of Oregon, was […]

People v. Valenzuela, 7 Cal.2d 650 [Crim. No. 4027. In Bank. November 10, 1936.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. NATIVIDAD VALENZUELA, Appellant. COUNSEL Harry C. Westover for Appellant. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, and Walter L. Bowers, Deputy Attorney- General, for Respondent. OPINION SEAWELL, J. The appellant, Natividad Valenzuela, was charged by an information filed against him in […]

Croatian-Slavonian Benev. Soc. v. Mioch, 7 Cal.2d 657 [L. A. No. 15930. In Bank. November 10, 1936.] CROATIAN-SLAVONIAN BENEVOLENT SOCIETY, LODGE NO. 177 of CROATIAN FRATERNAL UNION OF AMERICA, Respondent, v. STEPHEN A. MIOCH, Appellant. [7 Cal.2d 658] COUNSEL Haas, Johnston, Maurseth & Kerrin, Maurseth & Kerrin, Walter F. Haas, Stanley F. Maurseth and Gerald […]

People v. Trippell, 7 Cal.2d 612 [Crim. No. 3997. In Bank. October 30, 1936.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. AL TRIPPELL, Appellant. [7 Cal.2d 613] COUNSEL Al Trippell, in pro. per., Charles B. Taylor, O. F. Meldon and William J. Clark for Appellant. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, and Paul D. McCormick, Deputy Attorney- General, for Respondent. OPINION […]

  Henricks v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., 7 Cal.2d 619 [L. A. No. 15793. In Bank. October 30, 1936.] EDYTHE H. HENRICKS, Respondent, v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL Loeb, Walker & Loeb and Herman F. Selvin for Appellant. Meserve, Mumper, Hughes & Robertson, E. Avery Crary, F. Elred Boland, Knight, Boland […]

Allan v. City & County of San Francisco, 7 Cal.2d 642 [S. F. No. 15465. In Bank. October 30, 1936.] KATHERINE RUTH HAYES ALLAN, as Administratrix, etc., Appellant, v. CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO (a Municipal Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL Harry G. McKannay, William P. Caubu and Paul B. Gibson for Appellant. John J. O’Toole, […]

Boyer v. Travelers Ins. Co., 7 Cal.2d 615 [S. F. No. 15716. In Bank. October 30, 1936.] EDNA K. BOYER, Respondent, v. TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL O’Connor, Fitzgerald & Moran, Leo R. Friedman and Joseph T. O’Connor for Appellant. M. Mitchell Bourquin and Clinton L. Markley for Respondent. [7 Cal.2d 616] OPINION […]

Ware v. Security-First Nat. Bank, 7 Cal.2d 604 [L. A. No. 14681. In Bank. October 29, 1936.] JAMES G. WARE, Respondent, v. SECURITY-FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF LOS ANGELES (a National Banking Association), Appellant. COUNSEL Walter H. Hewicker for Appellant. Coleman E. Stewart for Respondent. OPINION SEAWELL, J. The trial court rendered judgment that plaintiff recover […]

Locke v. Mitchell, 7 Cal.2d 599

People v. Shaver, 7 Cal.2d 586 [Crim. No. 4017. In Bank. October 27, 1936.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. LOUIS R. SHAVER, Appellant. COUNSEL Willard W. Shea, Public Defender, and Hugh K. Fossman, Assistant Public Defender, for Appellant. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, and Seibert L. Sefton, Deputy Attorney- General, for Respondent. OPINION CURTIS, J. Appellant was found […]

Pacific States S. & L. Co. v. O’Neill, 7 Cal.2d 596 [S. F. No. 15615. In Bank. October 27, 1936.] PACIFIC STATES SAVINGS AND LOAN COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent, v. SOPHIE O’NEILL et al., Appellants. COUNSEL James F. Peck and Elizabeth M. Maxwell for Appellants. John L. Mace and Roy D. Reese for Respondent. OPINION […]

Greenlee v. Greenlee, 7 Cal.2d 579 [L. A. No. 15180. In Bank. October 26, 1936.] ELIZABETH ADA GREENLEE, Respondent, v. WARREN RUSSELL GREENLEE, Appellant. COUNSEL Henry G. Bodkin for Appellant. Louis T. Fletcher for Respondent. [7 Cal.2d 580] OPINION CURTIS, J. In this action, instituted by the wife against her husband for separate maintenance upon […]

McCafferty v. Jones, 7 Cal.2d 570 [S. F. No. 15564. In Bank. October 23, 1936.] FRANK McCAFFERTY et al., Appellants, v. JOHN W. JONES et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Marshall Nuckolls and Raymond J. O’Connor for Appellants. Harry I. Stafford and Daniel R. Shoemaker for Respondents. [7 Cal.2d 571] OPINION WASTE, C.J. This is an action […]