Category: 1937

Jones v. Rutherford, 8 Cal.2d 603 [S. F. No. 15611. In Bank. April 17, 1937.] SAMUEL J. JONES, Respondent, v. BRUCE H. RUTHERFORD et al., Defendants; CRYSTAL RUTHERFORD, Appellant. COUNSEL Norman S. Menifee for Appellant. William P. Hubbard for Respondent. OPINION SEAWELL, J. Defendant Crystal Rutherford appeals from a judgment that plaintiff Samuel J. Jones […]

In re Deane, 8 Cal.2d 599 [Crim. No. 3958. In Bank. April 16, 1937.] In the Matter of the Application of C.J. SIMPSON, for a Writ of Habeas Corpus for and on Behalf of HENRY E. DEANE. COUNSEL Bronson, Bronson & Slaven for Appellant. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, and Frank Richards, Deputy Attorney-General, for Respondent. OPINION […]

Rudell v. Board of Administration, etc., 8 Cal.2d 600 [S. F. No. 15730. In Bank. April 16, 1937.] BERTHA ROSE RUDELL, Petitioner and Respondent, v. BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF THE STATE EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM et al., Respondents; LILLIAN NASH, as Administratrix, etc., Appellant. COUNSEL Walker & Walker and Herman G. Walker for Appellant. Edwin G. […]

American M. Ins. Co. v. Ind. Acc. Com., 8 Cal.2d 585 [L. A. No. 15764. In Bank. April 13, 1937.] AMERICAN MOTORISTS INSURANCE COMPANY (a Corporation), Petitioner, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION and GEORGE W. SUYTAR, Respondents. COUNSEL Willis I. Morrison for Petitioner. Everett A. Corten and Emmet J. Seawell for Respondents. OPINION THE COURT. This […]

Hartford A. & I. Co. v. Indus. Acc. Com., 8 Cal.2d 589 [S. F. No. 15765. In Bank. April 13, 1937.] HARTFORD ACCIDENT & INDEMNITY COMPANY (a Corporation), Petitioner, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION, LOUIS MAGGIORA et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Jesse H. Steinhart and John J. Goldberg for Petitioner. Everett A. Corten for Respondents. OPINION THOMPSON, […]

Bank of America etc. Assn. v. Hunter, 8 Cal.2d 592 [S. F. No. 15767. In Bank. April 13, 1937.] BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION (a National Banking Association), Appellant, v. MARY A. HUNTER, Respondent. COUNSEL Rosendale, Scott & Thomas, Louis Ferrari, Tobias J. Bricca and C. H. White for Appellant. Garth V. […]

Perumean v. Wills, 8 Cal.2d 578 [L. A. No. 15958. In Bank. April 9, 1937.] BAROUK PERUMEAN, a Minor, etc., et al., Appellants, v. GEORGE M. WILLS et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Gerald Willis Myers and L. V. Meloy for Appellants. Everett W. Mattoon, County Counsel, and Ernest Purdum, Deputy County Counsel, for Respondents. OPINION THOMPSON, […]

County of Los Angeles v. Payne, 8 Cal.2d 563 [S. F. No. 15830. In Bank. April 2, 1937.] COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, Petitioner, v. H. A. PAYNE, as County Auditor, etc., et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Everett W. Mattoon, County Counsel, and J. H. O’Connor, Assistant County Counsel, for Petitioner. Franz R. Sachse and Russell K. […]

Blee v. Lead Mountain Mines, 8 Cal.2d 550 [L. A. No. 15083. In Bank. March 30, 1937.] HARRY B. BLEE et al., Respondents, v. LEAD MOUNTAIN MINES (a Copartnership) et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Forgy, Reinhaus & Forgy, R. M. Crookshank and Fred Forgy for Appellants. Head, Wellington & Jacobs for Respondents. OPINION LANGDON, J. This […]

  Dudney v. State Bar, 8 Cal.2d 555 [L. A. No. 16028. In Bank. March 30, 1937.] WILLIAM E. DUDNEY, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. [L. A. No. 16030. In Bank. March 30, 1937.] OLIN N. MacKAY, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. WILLIAM E. DUDNEY, Petitioner, v. THE STATE […]

Phillips v. Huntington Beach etc. Dist., 8 Cal.2d 553 [L. A. No. 16050. In Bank. March 30, 1937.] ZINIE PHILLIPS, Appellant, v. HUNTINGTON BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Respondents. COUNSEL William J. M. Heinz and McFadden & Holden for Appellant. W. F. Menton, District Attorney, and Preston Turner, Deputy District Attorney for Respondents. OPINION […]

Peccolo v. City of Los Angeles, 8 Cal.2d 532 [L. A. No. 16022. In Bank. March 29, 1937.] LEO D. PECCOLO, Respondent, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES (a Municipal Corporation) et al., Defendants; DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND POWER OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, Appellant. COUNSEL Ray L. Chesebro, City Attorney, J. M. Stevens, Assistant […]

Corona Foothill Lemon Co. v. Lillibridge, 8 Cal.2d 522 [L. A. No. 15308. In Bank. March 29, 1937.] CORONA FOOTHILL LEMON COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Plaintiffs; WILLIAM FISHER et al., Respondents, v. CHARLES E. LILLIBRIDGE et al., Appellants. COUNSEL W. G. Irving, Rutan & Mize, Head, Wellington & Jacobs and Barker & Keithly for […]

City of Los Angeles v. Aldrich, 8 Cal.2d 541 [S. F. No. 15747. In Bank. March 29, 1937.] CITY OF LOS ANGELES (a Municipal Corporation), Petitioner, v. LLOYD ALDRICH, City Engineer, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Ray L. Chesebro, City Attorney, Frederick von Schrader, Assistant City Attorney, and Robert J. Stahl, Deputy City Attorney, for Petitioner. Bottsford […]

Sawyer v. Sunset Mutual Life Ins. Co., 8 Cal.2d 492 [L. A. No. 16020. In Bank. March 26, 1937.] SALLY E. SAWYER et al., Respondents, v. SUNSET MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL Sylvan Y. Allen and Allen & Hedberg for Appellant. De Forrest Home, Eugene Kelly and Lon A. Brooks for Respondents. […]

People v. Perkins, 8 Cal.2d 502 [Crim. No. 4063. In Bank. March 26, 1937.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. WILLIAM PERKINS, Appellant. COUNSEL Donald P. Nichols, Allan J. Carter and W. I. Gilbert for Appellant. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, R. I. McLaughlin, Deputy Attorney-General, and Stanley Mussell, District Attorney, for Respondent. OPINION SEAWELL, J. Since granting the […]

Sampson v. Century Indemnity Co., 8 Cal.2d 476 [L. A. No. 16101. In Bank. March 26, 1937.] ROBERT K. SAMPSON, Trustee in Bankruptcy, etc., Appellant, v. THE CENTURY INDEMNITY COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL Liggett & Liggett for Appellant. Noon & Noon and Charles A. Brinkley for Respondent. OPINION CURTIS, J. This appeal is from […]

Parsons v. Fuller, 8 Cal.2d 463 [L. A. No. 16102. In Bank. March 26, 1937.] DICK R. PARSONS, Respondent, v. LEO FULLER, Appellant. COUNSEL C. A. Pinkham and Schell & Delamer for Appellant. Hedley Richmond and Welburn Mayock for Respondent. OPINION CURTIS, J. A transfer of this cause from the District Court of Appeal was […]

Johnson v. City of Santa Monica, 8 Cal.2d 473 [L. A. No. 16037. In Bank. March 26, 1937.] VERA JOHNSON et al., Respondents, v. CITY OF SANTA MONICA et al., Appellants. COUNSEL George H. Moore and Gerald O’C. Egan for Appellants. Arthur L. Ball and Earl A. Littlejohns for Respondents. OPINION THE COURT. The plaintiffs, […]

Knouse v. Nimocks, 8 Cal.2d 482 [L. A. No. 16044. In Bank. March 26, 1937.] Q. A. KNOUSE, Appellant, v. WALT NIMOCKS, Executor, etc., Respondent. [L. A. No. 16045. In Bank. March 26, 1937.] WALTER S. NIMOCKS, Executor, etc., Respondent, v. M. L. KNOUSE et al., Appellants. [L. A. No. 15549. In Bank. March 26, […]

Pillsbury v. Superior Court, 8 Cal.2d 469 [L. A. No. 16072. In Bank. March 26, 1937.] LOUISE PILLSBURY, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ORANGE COUNTY, Respondent. COUNSEL E. C. Bowen and Albert E. Coger for Petitioner. William L. Waters for Respondent. OPINION SHENK, J. This is an application for the writ of prohibition to […]

Williams v. Chappell, 8 Cal.2d 455 [S. F. No. 15828. In Bank. March 24, 1937.] HARRY G. WILLIAMS, Petitioner, v. W. W. CHAPPELL, as City Clerk, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Fitzgerald, Abbott & Beardsley for Petitioner. F. B. Fernhoff, City Attorney, Hilton J. Melby, Assistant City Attorney, A. Grossman, and Gladstein & Grossman for Respondent. OPINION […]

Kemp v. Lynch, 8 Cal.2d 457 [L. A. No. 15454. In Bank. March 24, 1937.] HELEN KEMP, Respondent, v. H. L. LYNCH et al., Appellants. COUNSEL H. L. Lynch, Charles E. Lynch and O. K. Clarke, in pro. per., for Appellants. Davis & Thorne and Ernest W. Pitney for Respondent. OPINION SEAWELL, J. Defendants appeal […]

Comey v. Comey, 8 Cal.2d 453 [L. A. No. 16039. In Bank. March 18, 1937.] JESSIE E. COMEY, Appellant, v. ALBERT ALLISON COMEY, Respondent. COUNSEL A. P. Michael Narlian and William E. Prather for Appellant. David R. Faries, McIntyre Faries and J. Clifford Argue for Respondent. [8 Cal.2d 454] OPINION WASTE, C.J. Motion to dismiss […]

  Whitten v. California State Board, etc., 8 Cal.2d 444 [L. A. No. 16082. In Bank. March 16, 1937.] WARD M. WHITTEN, Respondent, v. CALIFORNIA STATE BOARD OF OPTOMETRY, Appellant. COUNSEL U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, and Bayard Rhone, Deputy Attorney-General, for Appellant. No appearance for Respondent. OPINION THOMPSON, J. This case was transferred to this court […]