Category: 1936

Hammond v. City of Burbank, 6 Cal.2d 646 [L. A. No. 15223. In Bank. June 30, 1936.] PAUL B. HAMMOND et al., Petitioners, v. CITY OF BURBANK (a Municipal Corporation) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL E. C. Pyle and Chas. L. Childers for Petitioners. [6 Cal.2d 649] Robert H. Dunlap, George R. Larwill, Victor Ford Collins […]

Mix v. Ingersoll Candy Co., 6 Cal.2d 674 [L. A. No. 15623. In Bank. June 30, 1936.] HARRY F. MIX, Appellant, v. INGERSOLL CANDY COMPANY (a California Corporation) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Fred A. Steiner and W. W. B. Seymour for Appellant. Sanders & Jacques for Respondents. Mark M. Cohen and Irwin M. Fulop, as […]

Goetten v. Owl Drug Co., 6 Cal.2d 683 [L. A. No. 15624. In Bank. June 30, 1936.] HATTIE G. GOETTEN et al., Respondents, v. OWL DRUG COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Appellants. COUNSEL George L. Greer for Appellants. Jesse H. Steinhart and John J. Goldberg, as Amici Curiae on Behalf of Appellants. Mills, Hunter & […]

Thompson v. City of Compton, 6 Cal.2d 666 [L. A. No. 15387. In Bank. June 30, 1936.] D. E. THOMPSON, Petitioner, v. CITY OF COMPTON (a Municipal Corporation) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Harvey H. Atherton for Petitioner. Ralph K. Pierson, City Attorney, James H. Mitchell, Leon T. David, William McKenzie Brown, Everett W. Mattoon, County […]

Papineau v. Security-First Nat. Bank, 6 Cal.2d 668 [L. A. No. 14288. In Bank. June 30, 1936.] O. L. PAPINEAU, Appellant, v. SECURITY-FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF LOS ANGELES et al., Respondents. COUNSEL LeRoy B. Lorenz for Appellant. Frank P. Doherty and William R. Gallagher for Respondents. OPINION LANGDON, J. This action was brought for declaratory […]

Fischer v. State Bar, 6 Cal.2d 671 [L. A. No. 15593. In Bank. June 30, 1936.] SIDNEY FISCHER, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL Sidney Fischer, in pro. per., for Petitioner. Philbrick McCoy for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. This is a review of an order of disbarment for perjury and subornation of […]

Meyers v. The Texas Co., 6 Cal.2d 610 [L. A. No. 14354. In Bank. June 27, 1936.] LEE D. MEYERS et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. THE TEXAS COMPANY, Defendant and Appellant. COUNSEL Hanna & Morton, Raymond J. Kirkpatrick, Byron C. Hanna and Harold C. Morton for Plaintiffs and Appellants. Michael F. Shannon, Thomas A. […]

Colburn Biological Institute v. DeBolt, 6 Cal.2d 631 [L. A. No. 15729. In Bank. June 30, 1936.] THE COLBURN BIOLOGICAL INSTITUTE (a Nonprofit California Corporation) et al., Respondents, v. ETHEL M. DeBOLD, Appellant. COUNSEL Chas. M. Easton and Palmyra Pressly for Appellant. Richards & Poyet, D. W. Richards and H. F. Poyet for Respondents. OPINION […]

McDonald v. Severy, 6 Cal.2d 629 [L. A. No. 15637. In Bank. June 29, 1936.] FRANK C. McDONALD, etc., Respondent, v. VICTOR H. SEVERY et al., Defendants; ELECTROTONE CORPORATION OF AMERICA, LTD. (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL Avery M. Blount for Appellant. David Licker and Leo L. Schaumer for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. [1] This action […]

County of Los Angeles v. Riley, 6 Cal.2d 625 [S. F. No. 15671. In Bank. June 29, 1936.] COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, Petitioner, v. RAY L. RILEY, as Controller, etc., et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Everett W. Mattoon, County Counsel, and J. H. O’Connor, Assistant County Counsel, for Petitioner. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, and H. H. Linney, […]

  City of Los Angeles v. Riley, 6 Cal.2d 621 [S. F. No. 15672. In Bank. June 29, 1936.] CITY OF LOS ANGELES (a Municipal Corporation), Petitioner, v. RAY L. RILEY, as Controller, etc., et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Ray L. Chesebro, City Attorney, and Leon Thomas David and Wm. H. Neal, Assistant City Attorneys (Los […]

Phelps v. American Mtg. Co., 6 Cal.2d 604 [L. A. No. 14302. In Bank. June 26, 1936.] FOSTER C. PHELPS et al., Appellants, v. AMERICAN MORTGAGE COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Defendants; MORTGAGE GUARANTEE COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL Reed & Vernon, Otho S. Vernon and Thos. B. Reed for Appellants. Alvan M. Palmer for […]

Mac Gregor v. Pacific Electric Ry. Co., 6 Cal.2d 596 [L. A. No. 15714. In Bank. June 26, 1936.] A. J. Mac GREGOR et al., Respondents, v. PACIFIC ELECTRIC RAILWAY COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL Frank Karr, E. E. Morris, C. W. Cornell and O. O. Collins for Appellant. Paul Blackwood for Respondents. OPINION SEAWELL, […]

Umemoto v. McDonald, 6 Cal.2d 587 [L. A. No. 15660. In Bank. June 25, 1936.] MITSUO UMEMOTO, Respondent, v. ARCHIE BURNS McDONALD, Appellant. COUNSEL Lasher B. Gallagher for Appellant. J. Marion Wright for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. This action was brought by plaintiff to recover damages for the wrongful death of his minor daughter, resulting […]

City of South Gate v. City of Los Angeles, 6 Cal.2d 593 [S. F. No. 15701. In Bank. June 25, 1936.] CITY OF SOUTH GATE (a Municipal Corporation) et al., Petitioners, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES (a Municipal Corporation) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Clyde Woodworth, City Attorney (City of South Gate), Delbert A. Hessick, City […]

Estate of Lankershim, 6 Cal.2d 568 [L. A. No. 14481. In Bank. June 23, 1936.] In the Matter of the Estate of J. B. LANKERSHIM, etc., Deceased. DORIA C. LANKERSHIM et al., Appellants, v. BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION (a National Banking Association) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Edward M. Auslender, Loeb, Walker […]

Carson Estate Co. v. State Board of Equalization, 6 Cal.2d 779 [L. A. No. 15614. In Bank. June 23, 1936.] CARSON ESTATE COMPANY (a Corporation), Petitioner, v. STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION, Respondent. COUNSEL O’Melveny, Tuller & Myers and Louis W. Myers for Petitioner. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, and H. H. Linney, Deputy Attorney-General, for Respondent. OPINION […]

Standard Oil Co. v. State Board of Equal., 6 Cal.2d 557 [S. F. No. 15528. In Bank. June 23, 1936.] STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA (a Corporation), Petitioner, v. STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION, Respondent. COUNSEL Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro for Petitioner. Henley C. Booth, as Amicus Curiae on Behalf of Petitioner. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, H. […]

Mills v. State Bar, 6 Cal.2d 565 [L. A. No. 15668. In Bank. June 23, 1936.] HOMER C. MILLS, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL Homer C. Mills, in pro. per. for Petitioner. Philbrick McCoy for Respondent. OPINION CONREY, J. Before a local administrative committee in Los Angeles County charges were presented […]

Dryden v. Board of Pension Commrs., 6 Cal.2d 575 [L. A. No. 15674. In Bank. June 23, 1936.] MAUDE DRYDEN, Appellant, v. BOARD OF PENSION COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES (a Municipal Corporation) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Ignatius F. Parker and Albert Sidney Brown for Appellant. Delvy T. Walton, as Amicus Curiae on […]

Richardson v. Board of Education, 6 Cal.2d 583 [L. A. No. 15687. In Bank. June 23, 1936.] PAUL EDDY RICHARDSON, Appellant, v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF LOS ANGELES CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTS et al., Respondents. COUNSEL W. A. Alderson, for Appellant. Everett W. Mattoon, County Counsel, and Ernest Purdum, Deputy County Counsel, for Respondents. OPINION THE […]

People v. Jones, 6 Cal.2d 554 [Crim. No. 3998. In Bank. June 22, 1936.] THE PEOPLE, Appellant, v. CHARLES B. JONES, 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. Charles B. Jones, in pro. per., Frederic H. Vercoe, Public Defender, and […]

Doyle v. Pacific Elec. Ry. Co., 6 Cal.2d 550 [L. A. No. 15727. In Bank. June 22, 1936.] JAMES B. DOYLE, a Minor, etc., Appellant, v. PACIFIC ELECTRIC RAILWAY COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL V. P. Lucas and Henry G. Bodkin for Appellant. Frank Karr, E. E. Morris, C. W. Cornell and O. […]

People v. Sam, 6 Cal.2d 548 [Crim. No. 3972. In Bank. June 19, 1936.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. BILL SAM, Appellant. COUNSEL Frank G. Warren for Appellant. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, and Wilmer W. Morse, Deputy Attorney- General, for Respondent. [6 Cal.2d 549] OPINION PULLEN, J., pro tem. An information was filed against this defendant charging […]

Kaiser v. Hopkins, 6 Cal.2d 537 [L. A. No. 15439. In Bank. June 19, 1936.] FORD M. KAISER, Respondent, v. ED. W. HOPKINS, Assessor, etc., Appellant. COUNSEL Everett W. Mattoon, County Counsel, and Gordon Boller, Deputy County Counsel, for Appellant. [6 Cal.2d 538] Roy C. Kaiser for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. We granted a hearing […]