Category: 1937

Estate of Grivel, 10 Cal.2d 454 [L. A. No. 15229. In Bank. December 30, 1937.] In the Matter of the Estate of RENE GRIVEL, Deceased. LEON R. GRIVEL, Administrator, etc., Respondent, v. JOHN R. WARDLAW, Administrator, etc., Appellant. COUNSEL Sherman Anderson and Guy Richards Crump for Appellant. Lawler & Felix, as Amici Curiae, on Behalf […]

Great Western etc. v. J. A. Wathen D. Co., 10 Cal.2d 442 [L. A. No. 16337. In Bank. December 29, 1937.] GREAT WESTERN DISTILLERY PRODUCTS, INC. (a Corporation), Appellant, v. JOHN A. WATHEN DISTILLERY COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Goldenhorn & Komins, I. Faerber Goldenhorn, Robert Komins and Solomon Rosenbaum for Appellant. Michael […]

Weiner v. Roof, 10 Cal.2d 450 [L. A. No. 15349. In Bank. December 29, 1937.] THEODORE WEINER, Respondent, v. J. B. ROOF et al., Defendants; CITIZENS NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK OF LOS ANGELES (a National Banking Association), Appellant. COUNSEL Chandler, Wright & Ward and John F. Gilbert for Appellant. Don Marlin and Isador Gralla […]

Banks v. Civil Service Commission, 10 Cal.2d 435 [S. F. No. 15652. In Bank. December 29, 1937.] MICHAEL F. BANKS et al., Appellants, v. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Charles B. Stone for Appellants. John J. O’Toole, City Attorney, and Thomas P. Slevin, Deputy City […]

  Arais v. Kalensnikoff, 10 Cal.2d 428 [L. A. No. 16165. In Bank. December 27, 1937.] DANIELA ARAIS, Respondent, v. LOUIS KALENSNIKOFF, Appellant. COUNSEL Roger Marchetti, Charles A. Winter and Ed. S. Green for Appellant. M. C. Spicer and Eugene P. Fay for Respondent. Allen Spivock, Philander B. Beadle and Samuel Hauser, as Amici Curiae, […]

Parry v. Berkeley etc. Foundation, 10 Cal.2d 422 [L. A. No. 15526. In Bank. December 27, 1937.] AGNES S. PARRY, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. BERKELEY HALL SCHOOL FOUNDATION (a Nonprofit Corporation) et al., Respondents; CHARLES EATON, Cross-Defendant and Appellant. COUNSEL William Schreider and J. Wiseman Macdonald for Plaintiff and Appellant. Conroy & Conroy and Edward […]

McAlpine v. Baumgartner, 10 Cal.2d 409 [L. A. No. 16475. In Bank. December 22, 1937.] JOHN F. McALPINE, Petitioner, v. JOHN W. BAUMGARTNER et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Loren A. Butts for Petitioner. Robert J. Stahl, as Amicus Curiae, on Behalf of Petitioner. Ray L. Chesebro, City Attorney, and Leon Thomas David and William H. Neal, […]

Estate of Rath, 10 Cal.2d 399 [L. A. No. 15879. In Bank. December 21, 1937.] In the Matter of the Estate of WILLIAM A. RATH, Deceased. KENYON TUDOR FAY et al., Appellants, v. HARRY B. RILEY, as State Controller, etc., et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Henry O. Wackenbarth for Appellants. [10 Cal.2d 402] W. H. H. […]

Estate of Martens, 10 Cal.2d 395 [L. A. No. 16080. In Bank. December 20, 1937.] In the Matter of the Estate of JOHN D. MARTENS, Deceased. PEARL E. TRAIN, Appellant, v. HENRY E. SHERER, Respondent. COUNSEL Marshall & Farnham for Appellant. Ben A. Hill for Respondent. OPINION WASTE, C.J. The decedent, John D. Martens, executed […]

Estate of Strong, 10 Cal.2d 389 [L. A. No. 15933. In Bank. December 20, 1937.] In the Matter of the Estate of ALICE B. STRONG, Deceased. HATTIE STRONG, Executrix, etc., Appellant, v. GEORGIA LACEY BURNS et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Le Compte Davis and MacDonald & Thompson for Appellant. Bradner & Weil and Jerold E. Weil […]

MacLeod v. Fox West Coast T. Corp., 10 Cal.2d 383 [L. A. No. 16239. In Bank. December 16, 1937.] THOMAS MacLEOD, Respondent, v. FOX WEST COAST THEATRES CORPORATION (a Corporation) et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Loeb, Walker & Loeb, Charles A. Buckley, Albert W. Leeds, John B. Bertero and Herman F. Selvin for Appellants. Sparling & […]

Empire W. S. I. Dist. v. Stratford I. Dist., 10 Cal.2d 376 [L. A. No. 15982. In Bank. December 16, 1937.] EMPIRE WEST SIDE IRRIGATION DISTRICT et al., Appellants, v. STRATFORD IRRIGATION DISTRICT et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Clark Clement for Appellants. Harris, Willey, Griffith & Harris, Ronald B. Harris and Everett G. Harris for Respondents. […]

Stockwell v. McAlvay, 10 Cal.2d 368 [L. A. No. 14793. In Bank. December 16, 1937.] B. C. STOCKWELL et al., Respondents, v. B. D. McALVAY et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Harry M. Irwin and Andrew H. Rose, in pro. per., and D. H. Laubersheimer, Joseph L. Lewinson, Morris E. Cohn, John W. Preston and Preston & […]

Contra Costa Co. v. American T. B. Co., 10 Cal.2d 359 [S. F. No. 15342. In Bank. December 11, 1937.] COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA (a Political Subdivision), Plaintiff and Appellant, v. AMERICAN TOLL BRIDGE COMPANY (a Corporation), Defendant and Appellant. COUNSEL Dunn, White & Aiken for Defendant and Appellant. Francis P. Healey, District Attorney, for […]

Mitchell v. Dilbeck, 10 Cal.2d 341 [L. A. No. 15589. In Bank. December 10, 1937.] T. W. MITCHELL, Respondent, v. W. D. DILBECK, Appellant. COUNSEL Sherman & Sherman and Austin Sherman for Appellant. Richard F. Bailey and Ralph C. Curren for Respondent. OPINION CURTIS, J. This is an appeal by defendant, W. D. Dilbeck, from […]

Jackson v. Superior Court, 10 Cal.2d 350 [L. A. No. 16376. In Bank. December 10, 1937.] RUSSELL O. JACKSON et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Hervey & Holt for Petitioners. Thomas Whelan, District Attorney, Frank T. Dunn, Assistant District Attorney, and Victor C. Winnek, Deputy District […]

Carpenter v. Pacific Mut. Life Ins. Co., 10 Cal.2d 307 [L. A. No. 16182. In Bank. December 7, 1937.] SAMUEL L. CARPENTER, Jr., Insurance Commissioner, etc., Petitioner and Respondent, v. THE PACIFIC MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA (a Corporation) et al., Respondents; WILLIAM H. NEBLETT et al., Appellants. [L. A. No. 16222. In Bank. […]

Nuckolls v. Bank of California, 10 Cal.2d 266 [S. F. No. 15668. In Bank. November 27, 1937.] ANNA B. NUCKOLLS, Plaintiff, v. THE BANK OF CALIFORNIA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee, et al., Defendants; ANNA B. NUCKOLLS et al., Appellants, v. M. C. SYMONDS, as Trustee, etc., et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Maurice R. Carey, Lloyd Hummel, […]

People v. Superior Court, 10 Cal.2d 288 [S. F. No. 15908. In Bank. November 27, 1937.] THE PEOPLE et al., Petitioners, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, Respondent. COUNSEL U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, Robert W. Harrison, Chief Deputy Attorney- General, and Neil Cunningham and Walter K. Olds, Deputies Attorney-General, for Petitioners. Guthrie & Curtis, O’Melveny, […]

  Nuckolls v. Bank of California, 10 Cal.2d 278 [S. F. No. 15709. In Bank. November 27, 1937.] ANNA B. NUCKOLLS, Plaintiff, v. THE BANK OF CALIFORNIA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee, et al., Defendants; M. C. SYMONDS, as Trustee, etc., et al., Appellants, v. ANNA B. NUCKOLLS et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Charles A. Christin, Torregano […]

Carpenter v. Pacific Coast Ins. Assn., 10 Cal.2d 304 [L. A. No. 15360. In Bank. November 27, 1937.] SAMUEL L. CARPENTER, Jr., Insurance Commissioner, etc., Respondent, v. PACIFIC COAST INSURANCE ASSOCIATION et al., Defendants; RAY L. RILEY, State Controller, etc., Appellant. COUNSEL U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, and John O. Palstine, Deputy Attorney- General, for Appellant. Frank […]

Carpenter v. Peoples Mut. Life Ins. Co., 10 Cal.2d 299 [L. A. No. 15362. In Bank. November 27, 1937.] SAMUEL L. CARPENTER, Jr., as Insurance Commissioner, etc., Petitioner and Appellant, v. PEOPLES MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (a Corporation), Defendant; RAY L. RILEY, as State Controller, etc., Claimant and Appellant. COUNSEL Frank L. Guerena for Petitioner […]

Hartman Ranch Co. v. Associated Oil Co., 10 Cal.2d 232 [L. A. No. 14980. In Bank. November 26, 1937.] HARTMAN RANCH CO. (a Corporation), Respondent, v. ASSOCIATED OIL COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL Humphrey, Searls, Doyle & MacMillan, Robert M. Searls, Harrison Guio, Sheridan, Orr, Drapeau & Gardner, Sloss, Turner & Finney and William F. […]

Boyar v. Krech, 10 Cal.2d 207

Johnson v. State Bar, 10 Cal.2d 212 [L. A. No. 16346. In Bank. November 26, 1937.] GEORGE C. JOHNSON, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL George C. Johnson, in pro. per., for Petitioner. Philbrick McCoy for Respondent. OPINION CURTIS, J. This is a proceeding to review an order of the Board of […]