Category: 1936

  People v. Herbert, 6 Cal.2d 541 [Crim. No. 3961. In Bank. June 19, 1936.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. HOMER M. HERBERT, Appellant. COUNSEL P. G. McIver for Appellant. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, and Frank Richards, Deputy Attorney-General, for Respondent. OPINION SEAWELL, J. This appeal comes to us on petition for a hearing after decision by […]

Wood v. State Bar, 6 Cal.2d 533 [L. A. No. 15588. In Bank. June 19, 1936.] BUEL R. WOOD, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL Maurice C. Myers for Petitioner. Philbrick McCoy for Respondent. OPINION CURTIS, J. This is a proceeding to review the recommendation of the Board of Governors of The […]

Boggs v. North American Bond etc. Co., 6 Cal.2d 523 [L. A. No. 15645. In Bank. June 18, 1936.] CLARENCE S. BOGGS et al., Appellants, v. NORTH AMERICAN BOND AND MORTGAGE COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL A. V. Kaufman and Golden & Kaufman for Appellants. James C. Ingebretsen for Respondents. OPINION SEAWELL, J. […]

Riley v. Johnson, 6 Cal.2d 529 [S. F. No. 15679. In Bank. June 18, 1936.] RAY L. RILEY, as Controller, etc., et al., Petitioners, v. CHARLES G. JOHNSON, as Treasurer, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, and Robert W. Harrison, Chief Deputy, for Petitioners. Morrison, Hohfeld, Foerster, Shuman & Clark for Respondent. OPINION WASTE, C.J. […]

In re Mark, 6 Cal.2d 516 [Crim. No. 3973. In Bank. June 18, 1936.] In the Matter of the Application of BYRON MARK for a Writ of Habeas Corpus. COUNSEL John L. McNab and Leo A. Sullivan for Petitioner. F. Bert Fernhoff, City Attorney of Oakland, and John W. Collier, Assistant City Attorney, for Respondent. […]

Bank of America etc. Assn. v. Cryer, 6 Cal.2d 485 [L. A. No. 15620. In Bank. June 17, 1936.] BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION (a National Banking Association), Appellant, v. GEORGE E. CRYER et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Edmund Nelson, Howard Waterman, Freston & Files, Ralph E. Lewis and Louis Ferrari for Appellant. […]

Padgham v. State Bar, 6 Cal.2d 504 [L. A. No. 15441. In Bank. June 17, 1936.] GEORGE W. PADGHAM, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL Shattuck, Davis & Story for Petitioner. Philbrick McCoy for Respondent. OPINION THOMPSON, J. This proceeding is one to review the recommendation of the Board of Governors of […]

People v. Williams, 6 Cal.2d 500 [Crim. No. 3964. In Bank. June 17, 1936.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. MRS. OLLIE WILLIAMS, Appellant. COUNSEL Gladys Towles Root, for Appellant. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, and Warner I. Praul, Deputy Attorney- General, for Respondent. [6 Cal.2d 501] OPINION SHENK, J. The defendant was convicted on a charge of larceny […]

People v. Moreno, 6 Cal.2d 480 [Crim. No. 3963. In Bank. June 16, 1936.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. FERMIN MORENO, Appellant. COUNSEL S.W. Green and Guy P. Johnson for Appellant. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, and Wilmer W. Morse, Deputy Attorney- General, for Respondent. [6 Cal.2d 481] OPINION WASTE, C.J. Following his trial on a charge of […]

Engelbertson v. Loan & Building Assn., 6 Cal.2d 477 [L. A. No. 15602. In Bank. June 12, 1936.] C. W. ENGELBERTSON et al., Appellants, v. THE LOAN AND BUILDING ASSOCIATION OF SANTA BARBARA (a Corporation) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL C. W. Engelbertson, in pro. per., for Appellants. Arch H. Vernon, Earl E. Johnson and Gilbert […]

Kirk v. Loan and Building Association of Santa Barbara, 6 Cal.2d 778 [L. A. No. 15603. In Bank. June 12, 1936.] ELMER H. KIRK et al., Appellants, v. THE LOAN AND BUILDING ASSOCIATION OF SANTA BARBARA (a Corporation) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL C. W. Engelbertson for Appellants. Arch H. Vernon, Earl E. Johnson and Gilbert […]

Kellett v. Marvel, 6 Cal.2d 464 [L. A. No. 13246. In Bank. June 10, 1936.] MARION CLARA KELLETT, Appellant, v. O. R. MARVEL, Administrator, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Marion Clara Kellett, in pro. per., R. C. W. Friday, J. Paul Elliott and James R. Jaffray for Appellant. Neil G. Locke for Respondent. OPINION THOMPSON, J. This […]

McDonald v. McDonald, 6 Cal.2d 457 [S. F. No. 15164. In Bank. May 27, 1936.] ALECIA McDONALD, Respondent, v. JAMES McDONALD III, Appellant. COUNSEL Hester W. Webb and Joseph W. Bingham for Appellant. Edward West, Silas W. Mack, John Milton Thompson and John E. Gunther, as Amici Curiae on Behalf of Appellant. C. Harold Caulfield […]

In re Gluckman, 6 Cal.2d 455 [Sac. No. 5031. In Bank. May 27, 1936.] In the Matter of the Petition of ARTHUR W. GLUCKMAN, Owner and Editor of the “Wheatland Herald”, a Newspaper, for a Decree Establishing the Status of Said Newspaper as One of General Circulation. ARTHUR W. GLUCKMAN, Respondent, v. MARYSVILLE-YUBA CITY PUBLISHERS, […]

  Motor T. Co. v. Great American Indem. Co., 6 Cal.2d 439 [S. F. No. 15547. In Bank. May 26, 1936.] GOLDEN GATE MOTOR TRANSPORT COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent, v. GREAT AMERICAN INDEMNITY COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL Hadsell, Sweet, Ingalls & Lamb for Appellant. Cooley, Crowley & Supple as Amici Curiae on Behalf of […]

People v. Kellogg, 6 Cal.2d 448 [Crim. No. 3936. In Bank. May 26, 1936.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. JOHN KELLOGG, Appellant. COUNSEL Tom Okawara and Gerald H. Catania for Appellant. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, and Paul D. McCormick and R. S. McLaughlin, Deputies Attorney-General, for Respondent. OPINION SHENK, J. The defendant was charged with the murder […]

Dalzell v. State Bar, 6 Cal.2d 433 [L. A. No. 15541. In Bank. May 26, 1936.] WILLIAM C. DALZELL, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL W. C. Dalzell, in pro. per., for Petitioner. Philbrick McCoy for Respondent. OPINION WASTE, C.J. The State Bar of California has recommended that petitioner, a member thereof, […]

People v. Zirbes, 6 Cal.2d 425 [Crim. No. 3937. In Bank. May 25, 1936.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. WILLIAM ZIRBES, Appellant. COUNSEL Ray T. Coughlin and Clifford A. Russell for Appellant. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, and Seibert L. Sefton, Deputy Attorney- General, for Respondent. [6 Cal.2d 427] OPINION CURTIS, J. The defendant was convicted of murder […]

Moore v. Superior Court, 6 Cal.2d 421 [S. F. No. 15579. In Bank. May 22, 1936.] E. C. MOORE et al., Petitioners, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, and Ralph O. Marron, Deputy Attorney- General, for Petitioners. Tinning & De Lap and Walter Slack for Respondents. OPINION […]

Heap v. City of Los Angeles, 6 Cal.2d 405 [L. A. No. 15470. In Bank. May 21, 1936.] GEORGE A. HEAP, Appellant, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES (a Municipal Corporation) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Leo V. Youngworth and J. Harold Decker for Appellant. Ray L. Chesebro, City Attorney, Frederick von Schrader, Assistant City Attorney, and […]

Phillips v. Riley, 6 Cal.2d 414 [S. F. No. 15657. In Bank. May 21, 1936.] JOHN PHILLIPS, as Chairman of the Assembly Committee on Agricultural Marketing, et al., Petitioners, v. RAY L. RILEY, as Controller, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Knight, Boland & Riordan for Petitioners. W. P. Rich, Fred B. Wood, Charles W. Lyon, Ralph E. […]

Robertson v. Hartman, 6 Cal.2d 408 [S. F. No. 15356. In Bank. May 21, 1936.] JOHN H. ROBERTSON et al., Respondents, v. E. A. HARTMAN et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Shelton, Gray & MacWilliams, Miller & Ellis and W. A. Alderson for Appellants. Sterling Carr for Respondents. [6 Cal.2d 410] OPINION THE COURT. In this action […]

Loeb v. Christie, 6 Cal.2d 416 [L. A. No. 15726. In Bank. May 21, 1936.] EDWIN J. LOEB, Respondent, v. H. H. CHRISTIE, Appellant. COUNSEL Sparling & Teel for Appellant. Loeb, Walker & Loeb, Milton H. Schwartz and Herman F. Selvin for Respondent. OPINION WASTE, C.J. Defendant appeals from a judgment entered against him in […]

Dam v. Lake Aliso Riding School, 6 Cal.2d 395 [S. F. No. 15544. In Bank. May 18, 1936.] EVELYN DAM, a Minor, etc., et al., Appellants, v. LAKE ALISO RIDING SCHOOL et al., Respondents. COUNSEL F. H. Dam, in pro. per., for Appellants. Bronson, Bronson & Slaven and Kirke La Shelle, Jr., for Respondents. OPINION […]

Chalmers-Francis v. Nelson, 6 Cal.2d 402 [L. A. No. 15162. In Bank. May 18, 1936.] WILLIAM V. CHALMERS-FRANCIS et al., Appellants, v. DAGMAR A. NELSON et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Le Roy Anderson, Frank L. Kostlan, Hartley F. Peart and Howard Hassard for Appellants. Mott, Vallee & Grant, John G. Mott and Paul Vallee for Respondents. […]