Category: 1937

Durst v. Battson, 9 Cal.2d 156 [L. A. No. 15486. In Bank. June 29, 1937.] WALTER C. DURST, as Trustee in Bankruptcy, etc., Appellant, v. LEIGH M. BATTSON et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Hunsaker, Moote & Longcroft, Kimball Fletcher and Daniel M. Hunsaker for Appellant. O’Melveny, Tuller & Myers, Homer I. Mitchell and Lucien W. Shaw […]

Sanders v. Magill, 9 Cal.2d 145 [L. A. No. 15525. In Bank. June 28, 1937.] MARY G. SANDERS, Respondent, v. A. H. MAGILL et al., Defendants; BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL Louis Ferrari, Edmund Nelson and Hugo A. Steinmeyer for Appellant. Fred A. Wilson and Wilson & Coughlin […]

Henck v. Lake Hemet Water Co., 9 Cal.2d 136 [L. A. No. 15354. In Bank. June 24, 1937.] J. E. HENCK, Respondent, v. LAKE HEMET WATER COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL Cosgrove & O’Neil and John M. Clayton for Appellant. James A. Hall, Fred A. Wilson and Wilson & Coughlin for Respondent. OPINION SHENK, J. […]

State Compensation Ins. Fund v. Riley, 9 Cal.2d 126 [S. F. No. 15795. In Bank. June 24, 1937.] STATE COMPENSATION INSURANCE FUND, Petitioner, v. RAY L. RILEY, Controller, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL John L. McNab and Carroll S. Bucher for Petitioner. [9 Cal.2d 128] Markell C. Baer, Port Attorney for the City of Oakland, W. Reginald […]

Wieczorek v. Rainey, 9 Cal.2d 121 [L. A. No. 15318. In Bank. June 23, 1937.] GERTRUDE WIECZOREK, Respondent, v. EDWARD RAINEY, as Superintendent of Banks, etc., Defendant; FRIEND W. RICHARDSON, as Superintendent of Banks, etc., Appellant. COUNSEL Clock, McWhinney & Clock, Merritt D. Jergins and John G. Clock for Appellant. Victor Ford Collins for Respondent. […]

Burket v. Bank of Hollywood, 9 Cal.2d 113 [L. A. No. 15902. In Bank. June 23, 1937.] VIRGINIA BURKET et al., Respondents, v. BANK OF HOLLYWOOD (a State Banking Corporation in Process of Liquidation) et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Clock, McWhinney & Clock and Merritt D. Jergins for Appellants. West & McKinney and George H. Tobias […]

Field v. Acres, 9 Cal.2d 110 [L. A. No. 15492. In Bank. June 23, 1937.] CLARA C. FIELD et al., Respondents, v. DEN M. ACRES et al., Defendants; ORANGE COUNTY TITLE COMPANY, Appellant. COUNSEL Rutan, Mize & Kroese for Appellant. V. Betty Doheney for Respondents. OPINION THE COURT. By this appeal Orange County Title Company […]

Harris v. Fitting, 9 Cal.2d 117 [L. A. No. 16253. In Bank. June 23, 1937.] VERNA R. HARRIS et al., Respondents, v. GEORGE N. FITTING et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Raoul Francoeur and Walter E. Smith for Appellants. Anne O’Keefe and Ralph C. Curren for Respondents. OPINION THE COURT. Plaintiffs acquired ownership of a $2,200 note […]

People v. Estrada, 9 Cal.2d 109 [Crim. No. 4103. In Bank. June 22, 1937.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. FRANK ESTRADA, Appellant. COUNSEL Chester Monette and Thomas Cotter for Appellant. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, and Wilmer W. Morse, Deputy Attorney- General, for Respondent. OPINION LANGDON, J. Defendant was charged with murder of his wife, with assault with […]

Sanguinetti v. Sanguinetti, 9 Cal.2d 95 [S. F. No. 15655. In Bank. June 21, 1937.] ANGELINA SANGUINETTI, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. JOE SANGUINETTI, Defendant and Appellant. COUNSEL W. A. Lahanier for Defendant and Appellant. John V. Filippini and A. Walter Allen for Plaintiff and Appellant. OPINION SEAWELL, J. Plaintiff Angelina Sanguinetti and defendant Joe Sanguinetti […]

Telford v. New York Life Ins. Co., 9 Cal.2d 103 [L. A. No. 15143. In Bank. June 21, 1937.] WILLIAM R. TELFORD, Respondent, v. NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL Meserve, Mumper, Hughes & Robertson and E. Avery Crary for Appellant. Cannon & Callister and David H. Cannon for Respondent. OPINION THE […]

Hutchinson v. Colvin, 9 Cal.2d 91 [L. A. No. 16081. In Bank. June 18, 1937.] HENRY C. HUTCHINSON, Administrator, etc., et al., Appellants, v. MYRTLE COLVIN et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Craig & Weller and Charles A. Deffebach for Appellants. William A. Monten for Respondents. OPINION SHENK, J. Plaintiffs, respectively administrators of the estates of Mary […]

In re McDonough, 9 Cal.2d 90 [Crim. No. 4120. In Bank. June 10, 1937.] In the Matter of the Application of PETER P. McDONOUGH for a Writ of Habeas Corpus. COUNSEL John J. Taaffe for Petitioner. No appearance for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. [1] Upon full consideration of the questions presented by the petitioner herein […]

Walters v. Bank of America etc. Assn., 9 Cal.2d 46 [L. A. No. 15359. In Bank. May 27, 1937.] ESTHER A. WALTERS, Respondent, v. BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION (a National Banking Association), Appellant. COUNSEL Louis Ferrari, Edmund G. Nelson, G. L. Berrey, O’Melveny, Tuller & Myers, Louis W. Myers, Pierce Works, […]

  Stewart v. Hurt, 9 Cal.2d 39 [L. A. No. 16180. In Bank. May 27, 1937.] URSUL STEWART et al., Respondents, v. ARTHUR C. HURT, etc., et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Charles H. Brock and Arthur C. Hurt, Jr., for Appellants. Ralph G. Miller and Chester E. Cleveland, Jr., for Respondents. OPINION EDMONDS, J. The petitioner […]

Dougherty v. California Kettleman, etc., 9 Cal.2d 58 [S. F. No. 15636. In Bank. May 27, 1937.] F. C. DOUGHERTY, Respondent, v. CALIFORNIA KETTLEMAN OIL ROYALTIES, INC., Appellant. COUNSEL William M. Abbott, William M. Cannon, Joseph F. Leonard, Michael F. Shannon and Thomas A. Wood for Appellant. Sullivan, Roche, Johnson & Barry and Rogers, Clark […]

Streiff v. Darlington, 9 Cal.2d 42 [S. F. No. 15653. In Bank. May 27, 1937.] WILLIAM P. STREIFF et al., Appellants, v. F. G. DARLINGTON et al., Respondents. COUNSEL John H. Crabbe for Appellants. John Ralph Wilson for Respondents. OPINION EDMONDS, J. The appellants, in a complaint to recover a deficiency upon a note originally […]

Skelly Estate Co. v. San Francisco, 9 Cal.2d 28 [S. F. No. 15664. In Bank. May 26, 1937.] SKELLY ESTATE COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant, v. CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO (a Municipal Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL Cushing & Cushing, Delger Trowbridge, Ben C. Duniway and J. S. Lamson for Appellant. Hartley F. Peart, Gus L. […]

Lakeview Creamery Co. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County, 9 Cal.2d 779 [L. A. No. 16003. In Bank. May 26, 1937.] LAKEVIEW CREAMERY COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Petitioners, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Sylvan Y. Allen and Harry C. Hedberg for Petitioners. Everett W. Mattoon, County Counsel, […]

City of San Mateo v. Railroad Com., 9 Cal.2d 1 [S. F. No. 15700. In Bank. May 26, 1937.] CITY OF SAN MATEO (a Municipal Corporation) et al., Petitioners, v. THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL Ernest A. Wilson, City Attorney of San Mateo, Albert Mansfield, City Attorney of Redwood City […]

Sethman v. Bulkley, 9 Cal.2d 21 [S. F. No. 15358. In Bank. May 26, 1937.] CHARLES J. SETHMAN, Respondent, v. LAVINA F. BULKLEY et al., Appellants. COUNSEL G. H. Van Harvey and Harold E. Haven for Appellants. Morris, Jaffa & Sumski for Respondent. OPINION CURTIS, J. The principal question involved in this case is whether […]

Boyle v. Lakeview Creamery Co., 9 Cal.2d 16 [L. A. No. 15888. In Bank. May 26, 1937.] HUGH J. BOYLE et al., Respondents, v. LAKEVIEW CREAMERY COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Appellants. COUNSEL S. Y. Allen for Appellants. Lewis D. Collings and Amos Friedman for Respondents. [9 Cal.2d 17] OPINION THE COURT. This is a […]

Cardinale v. Cardinale, 8 Cal.2d 762 [L. A. No. 14225. In Bank. May 26, 1937.] SABINA CARDINALE, Appellant, v. MARIO CARDINALE, Respondent. COUNSEL Edw. L. Johnson and Noon & Noon for Appellant. A. T. Procopio and Hugh K. McKevitt for Respondent. OPINION SEAWELL, J. Appeal from an order terminating the allowance to plaintiff of separate […]

Berry H. Sys. v. Capitol Properties, Inc., 9 Cal.2d 12 [Sac. No. 5014. In Bank. May 26, 1937.] BERRY HOTELS SYSTEM (a Corporation), Appellant, v. CAPITOL PROPERTIES, INC. (a Corporation), et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Philip S. Ehrlich, Sidney Rhein and Albert A. Axelrod for Appellant. Stoney, Rouleau, Stoney & Palmer, Henry E. Monroe, and Morrison, […]

People v. Lumbley, 8 Cal.2d 752 [Crim. No. 4090. In Bank. May 25, 1937.] THE PEOPLE, Appellant, v. JOHN LUMBLEY, Respondent COUNSEL U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, and John O. Palstine, Deputy Attorney- General, for Appellant. Milburn G. Harvey and Jack J. Rimel for Respondent. OPINION SEAWELL, J. This proceeding is in form a motion to dismiss […]