Category: 1937

Melendez v. City of Los Angeles, 8 Cal.2d 741 [L. A. No. 16125. In Bank. May 24, 1937.] MANUEL T. MELENDEZ, Appellant, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES (a Municipal Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL Hansen & Sweeney and E. D. Yeomans for Appellant. Ray L. Chesebro, City Attorney, Frederick von Schrader, Assistant City Attorney, and Bourke Jones, […]

McPherson v. City of Los Angeles, 8 Cal.2d 748 [L. A. No. 16201. In Bank. May 24, 1937.] VENITA R. McPHERSON et al., Respondents, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Ray L. Chesebro, City Attorney, James M. Stevens, Deputy City Attorney, Carl A. Davis, Deputy City Attorney, T. B. Cosgrove, Special Counsel, […]

Hopper v. Elliott, 8 Cal.2d 734 [L. A. No. 15675. In Bank. May 20, 1937.] B. M. HOPPER, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. AMOS W. ELLIOTT et al., Respondents; COALINGA-KETTLEMAN OIL COMPANY (a Corporation), Intervener and Appellant. COUNSEL David Peckinpah, W. H. Metson, C. F. Rafferty and A. H. Ricketts for Plaintiff and Appellant. Randolph V. […]

National Auto. Ins. Co. v. Indus. Acc. Com., 8 Cal.2d 715 [L. A. No. 16147. In Bank. May 19, 1937.] NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY (a Corporation), Petitioner, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION and T. ASHIDA, Respondents. COUNSEL C. W. Bowers and Letus N. Crowell for Petitioner. [8 Cal.2d 716] Everett A. Corten and Emmet J. Seawell […]

  H. & J. Mabury Co. v. Bryant, 8 Cal.2d 704 [L. A. No. 16173. In Bank. May 17, 1937.] H. & J. MABURY COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent, v. CALHOUN BRYANT, Administrator, etc., et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Lelia R. Leep and William Shutz for Appellants. [8 Cal.2d 705] W. B. Beaizley, Leib & Leib and […]

Bay Cities Transp. Co. v. Johnson, 8 Cal.2d 706 [S. F. No. 15407. In Bank. May 17, 1937.] BAY CITIES TRANSPORTATION COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Respondents, v. CHARLES G. JOHNSON, State Treasurer, etc., Appellant. COUNSEL U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, and H. H. Linney and James J. Arditto, Deputies Attorney-General, for Appellant. Louis Ferrari, I. A. […]

County of Orange v. Toliver, 8 Cal.2d 712 [L. A. No. 15504. In Bank. May 17, 1937.] COUNTY OF ORANGE, Respondent, v. WOOD O. TOLIVER et al., Defendants; EMMA L. FRENCH, Appellant. COUNSEL Rutan, Mize & Kroese for Appellant. S. B. Kaufman, District Attorney, and H. A. McCabe, Deputy District Attorney, for Respondent. OPINION THOMPSON, […]

Baird v. Ocequeda, 8 Cal.2d 700 [S. F. No. 15677. In Bank. May 13, 1937.] F. L. BAIRD, Respondent, v. ALEJANDRO OCEQUEDA et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Hutchinson & Green and J. Albert Hutchinson for Appellants. James T. O’Keefe, James T. O’Keefe, Jr., and Alfred J. Harwood for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. Defendants appeal from a […]

Landreth v. Ducommun, 8 Cal.2d 694 [L. A. No. 15724. In Bank. May 13, 1937.] N.E. LANDRETH, Respondent, v. E. F. DUCOMMUN, Appellant. COUNSEL Oliver O. Clark and Reay, Scharf & Reay for Appellant. Arthur F. Larrabee and C. E. McDowell for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. This is an appeal from a judgment entered upon […]

Nielsen v. McKenna, 8 Cal.2d 690 [S. F. No. 15549. In Bank. May 12, 1937.] ETHEL G. NIELSEN et al., Appellants, v. MARGARET H. McKENNA, Executrix, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Gerald C. Halsey and Frederic T. Leo for Appellants. [8 Cal.2d 691] Stanislaus A. Riley and Jordan L. Martinelli for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. The sole […]

Rodkey v. City of Escondido, 8 Cal.2d 685 [L. A. No. 16099. In Bank. May 1, 1937.] ADA J. RODKEY, Respondent, v. CITY OF ESCONDIDO (a Municipal Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL A. L. Hubbell, City Attorney, for Appellant. [8 Cal.2d 687] Renwick Thompson and Fred Kunzel for Respondent. OPINION SHENK, J. The plaintiff sued the City […]

Davis v. Rite-Lite Sales Co., 8 Cal.2d 675 [S. F. No. 15545. In Bank. May 1, 1937.] NORRIS K. DAVIS, Appellant, v. RITE-LITE SALES COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Defendants; HERBERT W. ERSKINE, Respondent. COUNSEL Harry F. Sullivan for Appellant. Keyes & Erskine, William A. White and Young, Hudson & Rabinowitz, for Respondent. OPINION SEAWELL, […]

Leslie v. Rite-Lite Sales Co., 8 Cal.2d 684 [S. F. No. 15546. In Bank. May 1, 1937.] ALBERT LESLIE, Appellant, v. RITE-LITE SALES COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Defendants; HERBERT W. ERSKINE, Respondent. COUNSEL Harry F. Sullivan for Appellant. Keyes & Erskine, William A. White and Young, Hudson & Rabinowitz for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. […]

Emery v. Pacific Employers Ins. Co., 8 Cal.2d 663 [L. A. No. 16049. In Bank. April 30, 1937.] EDNA EARL EMERY et al., Respondents, v. PACIFIC EMPLOYERS INSURANCE COMPANY (a California Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL Kenneth J. Murphy, Ralph E. Lewis, F. Britton McConnell for Appellant. Charles H. Goebel, Bronson, Bronson & Slaven, C. F. Jorz […]

Fleury v. Ramacciotti, 8 Cal.2d 660 [S. F. No. 15676. In Bank. April 29, 1937.] LEONIDE FLEURY, as Administratrix, etc., Appellant, v. H. F. RAMACCIOTTI et al., Respondents. COUNSEL P. A. Bergerot and A. P. Dessouslavy for Appellant. Byrne, Lamson & Jordan and John W. Skinner for Respondents. OPINION LANGDON, J. This action was brought […]

People v. McNeill, 8 Cal.2d 644 [Crim. No. 4082. In Bank. April 27, 1937.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. JOHN D. McNEILL, Appellant. COUNSEL No appearance for Appellant. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, Warner I. Praul, Deputy Attorney-General, and Earl Redwine, District Attorney of Riverside County, for Respondent. OPINION SEAWELL, J. In an indictment returned by the grand […]

Nelson v. Southern Pacific Co., 8 Cal.2d 648 [S. F. No. 15731. In Bank. April 27, 1937.] GERTRUDE C. NELSON, Appellant, v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Aram & Wretman, George Olshausen and John K. Hagopian for Appellant. Louis Oneal and Arthur G. Shoup for Respondents. OPINION THOMPSON, J. This is […]

Stasulat v. Pacific Gas and Electric Co., 8 Cal.2d 631 [S. F. No. 15758. In Bank. April 27, 1937.] MARY STASULAT, Respondent, v. PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL Thomas J. Straub, W. R. Dunn, W. H. Spaulding, Clinton F. Stanley and John J. Briare for Appellant. Henry G. Sanford and George […]

City of Oakland v. Brock, 8 Cal.2d 639 [S. F. No. 15555. In Bank. April 27, 1937.] CITY OF OAKLAND (a Municipal Corporation), Respondent, v. A. A. BROCK, as Director of Agriculture, etc., Appellant. COUNSEL U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, and Siebert L. Sefton, Deputy Attorney- General, for Appellant. F. B. Fernhoff, City Attorney, Homer W. Buckley, […]

  Roth v. State Bar, 8 Cal.2d 656 [L. A. Nos. 16073, 16162. In Bank. April 27, 1937.] IRWIN H. ROTH, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL S. Ward Sullivan, Jerry Giesler and Marcus R. Brandler for Petitioner. Philbrick McCoy for Respondent. OPINION THOMPSON, J. The petitioner herein was charged with a […]

Dos Pueblos Ranch & Imp. Co. v. Ellis, 8 Cal.2d 617 [L. A. No. 16074. In Bank. April 26, 1937.] DOS PUEBLOS RANCH & IMPROVEMENT COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent, v. ROLLO ELLIS et al., Appellants. COUNSEL M. H. Peterson and P. Talbot Hannigan for Appellants. Heaney, Price, Postel & Parma, Clarence A. Rogers and Warner […]

Connecticut General Life Ins. Co. v. Johnson, 8 Cal.2d 624 [S. F. No. 15724. In Bank. April 26, 1937.] CONNECTICUT GENERAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant, v. CHARLES G. JOHNSON, as State Treasurer, etc., Respondent. [S. F. No. 15725. In Bank. April 26, 1937.] CONNECTICUT GENERAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant, v. CHARLES […]

Lee Wong v. Lee Gang, 8 Cal.2d 614 [S. F. No. 15589. In Bank. April 22, 1937.] LEE WONG, Appellant, v. LEE GANG, Respondent; LEE GANG, Cross-Complainant and Respondent, v. LEE WONG, Cross-Defendant and Appellant. COUNSEL Oliver Dibble, Samuel I. Jacobs and Thomas Pierce Rogers for Appellant. Robert Littler and Robert W. Scott for Respondent. […]

Pacific Co. of Cal. v. Board of Supers, 8 Cal.2d 611 [L. A. No. 16138. In Bank. April 21, 1937.] PACIFIC COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA (a Corporation), Petitioner, v. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Miller, Chevalier, Peeler & Wilson, Melvin D. Wilson, Holbrook, Taylor, Tarr & Reed, and W. Sumner […]

In re Ross, 8 Cal.2d 608 [L. A. No. 16032. In Bank. April 20, 1937.] In the Matter of the Application for Change of Name of KEITH MACAULAY ROSS, Petitioner and Appellant. COUNSEL David Tannenbaum for Appellant. Everett W. Mattoon, County Counsel, and Fred M. Cross, Deputy County Counsel, for Respondent. [8 Cal.2d 609] OPINION […]