Category: 1936

  Lentell v. McBride, 7 Cal.2d 263 [Sac. No. 4970. In Bank. August 28, 1936.] J. N. LENTELL, Respondent, v. WILLIAM A. McBRIDE et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Puter & Quinn for Appellants. Mahan & Mahan for Respondent. OPINION WASTE, C.J. Defendants appeal from a judgment quieting plaintiff’s title and directing restitution of certain lands. The […]

Carlson v. Robinson, 7 Cal.2d 235 [Sac. No. 5006. In Bank. August 18, 1936.] C. C. CARLSON et al., Respondents, v. JANE R. ROBINSON et al., Appellants. COUNSEL James, Brann & Rowe for Appellants. George C. Faulkner and William T. Doyle for Respondents. OPINION THOMPSON (R. L.), J., pro tem. The defendants, Jane R. Robinson […]

Moresco v. Foppiano, 7 Cal.2d 242 [Sac. No. 5008. In Bank. August 18, 1936.] LOUIS MORESCO, Respondent, v. HENRY FOPPIANO, Appellant. [7 Cal.2d 244] COUNSEL Nutter & Rutherford, D. R. Jacobs and Stephen Dietrich for Appellant. Crittenden & Hench for Respondent. OPINION SHENK, J. The plaintiff sued to recover from the defendants certain sums paid […]

Fitzpatrick v. Fidelity & Casualty Co., 7 Cal.2d 230 [S. F. No. 15554. In Bank. August 18, 1936.] AGNES FITZPATRICK et al., Appellants, v. THE FIDELITY AND CASUALTY COMPANY OF NEW YORK et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Vincent W. Hallinan, Emmett R. Burns, William F. Herron and James J. Roach for Appellants. Hartley F. Peart, Hadsell, […]

Staub v. Muller, 7 Cal.2d 221 [Sac. Nos. 5023,5024. In Bank. August 18, 1936.] MARY STAUB, Respondent, v. A. MULLER, Appellant. (Two Cases.) COUNSEL Rich, Weis & Carlin and K. S. Mahon for Appellant. A. B. Reynolds and S. H. Jones for Respondent. [7 Cal.2d 223] OPINION THE COURT. These two actions were brought by […]

Yager v. Yager, 7 Cal.2d 213 [L. A. No. 14807. In Bank. August 14, 1936.] GRACE G. YAGER, Appellant, v. WILLIAM W. YAGER et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Jesse George and George H. Stone for Appellant. Claude Shell and W. H. Wiley for Respondents. OPINION SEAWELL, J. Plaintiff Grace G. Yager, also known as Grace Perego, […]

People v. Welsh, 7 Cal.2d 209 [Crim. No. 3999. In Bank. August 10, 1936.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. FREDERICK TIMOTHY WELSH, Appellant. COUNSEL C. V. Eberhard for Appellant. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, and Bayard Rhone, Deputy Attorney-General, for Respondent. OPINION THOMPSON, J. In an information filed by the district attorney of Los Angeles County, defendant and […]

Bank of America etc. Assn. v. Radford, 7 Cal.2d 205 [Sac. No. 5003. In Bank. August 10, 1936.] BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION (a National Banking Association), Plaintiff, Cross-Defendant and Respondent, v. H. A. RADFORD et al., Defendants; A. L. HORTON et al., Defendants, Cross- Complainants and Appellants. COUNSEL W. L. Baugh, […]

Scarlett v. Atchison, Topeka etc. Ry., 7 Cal.2d 181 [S. F. No. 15448. In Bank. August 7, 1936.] WILLIAM W. SCARLETT, Respondent, v. ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND SANTA FE RAILWAY (a Corporation), Appellant. [7 Cal.2d 184] COUNSEL Robert Brennan, Leo E. Sievert and H. K. Lockwood for Appellant. James F. Hoey, Clifton Hildebrand, Warren Cunningham, Louis […]

Richards v. California M. & D. Syn., 7 Cal.2d 196 [Sac. No. 5042. In Bank. August 7, 1936.] MARGARET ALTA RICHARDS, as Executrix, etc., et al., Appellants, v. CALIFORNIA MINING & DREDGING SYNDICATE (a Corporation) et al., Respondents; LEO KAUFMANN, Receiver and Appellant. COUNSEL Simeon E. Sheffey and Errol G. Gilkey for Appellants. H. C. […]

People v. Workman, 7 Cal.2d 176 [Crim. No. 4015. In Bank. August 5, 1936.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. JAMES F. WORKMAN, Appellant. COUNSEL George Olshausen and George Anderson for Appellant. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, and Ralph H. Cowing, Deputy Attorney- General, for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. A hearing was granted in this court after decision by […]

Bank of America v. Thomas, 7 Cal.2d 154 [Sac. No. 5011. In Bank. July 31, 1936.] BANK OF AMERICA (a Corporation), Appellant, v. MAGGIE THOMAS, as Administratrix, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Louis Ferrari, Lounibos, Schwobeda & McGoldrick and Lounibos, McGoldrick & Lounibos for Appellant. Livingston G. Scott and F. W. Kellogg for Respondent. OPINION WASTE, C.J. […]

City of Los Angeles v. Knapp, 7 Cal.2d 168 [L. A. No. 15364. In Bank. August 5, 1936.] THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES (a Municipal Corporation), Plaintiff, v. JUNE KNAPP et al., Defendants; THOMAS HYE, Defendant, Cross-Complainant and Appellant, v. HOWARD TOMLINSON, Defendant, Cross-Complainant and Respondent. COUNSEL Clayton L. Howland and Benjamin F. Chipkin for […]

Overton v. Schmitt, 7 Cal.2d 163 [Sac. No. 4981. In Bank. August 5, 1936.] W. S. OVERTON et al., Respondents, v. AMY I. SCHMITT, etc., Appellant. COUNSEL Pierre A. Fontaine for Appellant. William F. Rose and Vernon F. Gant for Respondents. OPINION THE COURT. Appeal by defendant Amy I. Schmitt from judgment for plaintiffs. This […]

Hildebrand v. Hall, 7 Cal.2d 162 [Sac. No. 4812. In Bank. August 4, 1936.] GODFREY L. HILDEBRAND, Respondent, v. FRIEDA HALL et al., Appellants. COUNSEL H. G. Crawford for Appellants. Herbert V. Keeling for Respondent. OPINION WASTE, C.J. In this action in ejectment involving the location of a boundary line between property of plaintiff and […]

  People v. Dale, 7 Cal.2d 156 [Crim. No. 4008. In Bank. August 3, 1936.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. LLOYD A. DALE, Appellant. COUNSEL Donald D. Boscoe for Appellant. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, and Wilmer W. Morse, Deputy Attorney- General, for Respondent. [7 Cal.2d 158] OPINION THOMPSON, J. The defendant was accused by information filed by […]

Lee v. Pacific Gas & Elec. Co., 7 Cal.2d 114 [Sac. No. 5022. In Bank. July 30, 1936.] W. A. LEE et al., Respondents, v. PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL Thos. J. Straub, W. R. Dunn, T. L. Chamberlain and W. H. Spaulding for Appellant. Charles L. Gilmore for Respondents. OPINION […]

Berkeley High School Dist. v. Coit, 7 Cal.2d 132 [S. F. No. 15560. In Bank. July 30, 1936.] BERKELEY HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT OF ALAMEDA COUNTY, Petitioner, v. ROGER E. COIT, as Treasurer, etc., et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Earl Warren, District Attorney, Ralph E. Hoyt, Chief Assistant District Attorney, and Agnes R. Polsdorfer, T. A. Westphal, […]

Willson v. Municipal Bond Co., 7 Cal.2d 144 [L. A. No. 15338. In Bank. July 30, 1936.] O. C. WILLSON, Respondent, v. MUNICIPAL BOND COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Appellants. COUNSEL William H. Neblett, John G. Sobieski, Frank G. Swain, Leroy B. Lorenz, Donald J. Dunne, Bailie, Turner & Lake, Frederick W. Lake, Wingert & […]

Commercial Centre R. Co. v. Superior Ct., 7 Cal.2d 121 [S. F. No. 15602. In Bank. July 30, 1936.] COMMERCIAL CENTRE REALTY COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO et al., Respondents. [7 Cal.2d 123] COUNSEL A. E. Shaw and J. A. Pardini for […]

People v. Gonzales, 7 Cal.2d 130 [Crim. No. 3981. In Bank. July 30, 1936.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. JOSE GONZALES, Appellant. COUNSEL A. Fairchild and Meredith Campbell for Appellant. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, and Frank Richards, Deputy Attorney-General, for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. [1] This is an automatic appeal (see Pen. Code, secs. 1217, 1239) from […]

Stevens v. Superior Court, 7 Cal.2d 110 [Sac. No. 5043. In Bank. July 29, 1936.] FRED STEVENS et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY, Respondent. COUNSEL Bronson, Bronson & Slaven for Petitioners. Gumpert & Mazzera and C. H. Hogan for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. This is an application for a writ […]

Ambassador Holding Corp. v. Los Angeles, 7 Cal.2d 104 [L. A. No. 15682. In Bank. July 29, 1936.] AMBASSADOR HOLDING CORPORATION, LTD. (a Corporation), Appellant, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES (a Municipal Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL Overton, Lyman & Plumb and J. Harold Cragin for Appellant. Ray L. Chesebro, City Attorney, Frederick von Schrader, Assistant City […]

McIntosh v. Los Angeles Ry. Corp., 7 Cal.2d 90 [L. A. No. 15751. In Bank. July 28, 1936.] COLIN McINTOSH, Respondent, v. LOS ANGELES RAILWAY CORPORATION (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and Philip C. Sterry for Appellant. Frank Karr, E. E. Morris, C. W. Cornell and O. O. Collins, as Amici Curiae […]

Estate of Finkler, 7 Cal.2d 97 [S. F. No. 15631. In Bank. July 28, 1936.] In the Matter of the Estate of HENRY C. FINKLER, Deceased. M. J. PURCELL et al., Respondents, v. CHRISTINA A. FINKLER et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Knight, Boland & Riordan, F. J. Kilmartin, Henry Eickhoff, Jr., George W. Wilson and J. […]