Category: 1937

People v. Woods, 8 Cal.2d 442 [Crim. No. 4091. In Bank. March 16, 1937.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. JOHN WOODS, Appellant. COUNSEL W. W. Shea, Public Defender, and H. K. Forsman and R. A. Ferrario, Assistant Public Defenders, for Appellant. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, and Siebert L. Sefton, Deputy Attorney- General, for Respondent. OPINION WASTE, C.J. […]

Walker v. Wells Fargo Bank etc. Co., 8 Cal.2d 447 [S. F. No. 15777. In Bank. March 16, 1937.] FRANCES B. WALKER et al., Respondents, v. WELLS FARGO BANK & UNION TRUST COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Archibald B. Tinning, Tinning & De Lap, Lloyd W. Dinkelspiel, Richard E. Guggenhime and Heller, Ehrman, […]

Miller & Lux v. San Joaquin L. & P. Corp., 8 Cal.2d 427 [L. A. No. 15252. In Bank. March 11, 1937.] MILLER & LUX, INC. (a Corporation), Plaintiff and Respondent, v. SAN JOAQUIN LIGHT & POWER CORPORATION (a Corporation), Defendant and Appellant; CHOWCHILLA FARMS, INC. (a Corporation), Intervener and Respondent; THE PINES, INC. (a […]

Aitchison v. Bank of America etc. Assn., 8 Cal.2d 400 [Sac. No. 5035. In Bank. February 27, 1937.] J. W. AITCHISON et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST & SAVINGS ASSOCIATION (a National Association), Defendant and Appellant; MERCED IRRIGATION DISTRICT (a Public Corporation), Defendant and Respondent. COUNSEL Louis Ferrari, George D. […]

Stanislaus Co. etc. Assn. v. Stanislaus, 8 Cal.2d 378 [Sac. No. 4972. In Bank. February 27, 1937.] STANISLAUS COUNTY DAIRYMEN’S PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION (a Voluntary, Unincorporated Association) et al., Appellants, v. COUNTY OF STANISLAUS (a Political Subdivision) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Hawkins & Hawkins and Whitehurst & Logan for Appellants. Leslie A. Cleary, District Attorney, and […]

Wilson v. Bailey, 8 Cal.2d 416 [Sac. No. 4993. In Bank. February 27, 1937.] GRACE G. WILSON, Respondent, v. F. M. BAILEY et al., Appellants. COUNSEL E. S. Mitchell for Appellants. A. G. Bradford for Respondent. OPINION CURTIS, J. Plaintiff sought by this action to compel a reconveyance by defendants to her of property, formerly […]

Bueneman v. City of Santa Barbara, 8 Cal.2d 405 [L. A. No. 14753. In Bank. February 27, 1937.] FRED T. BUENEMAN et al., Appellants, v. CITY OF SANTA BARBARA (a Municipal Corporation) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Burnett Wolfson and Earl I Swetow for Appellants. [8 Cal.2d 406] J. W. Henderson and Henderson, Henderson & Carey, […]

Dietzel v. Anger, 8 Cal.2d 373 [L. A. No. 15987. In Bank. February 26, 1937.] FRED H. DIETZEL et al., Respondents, v. LOU ANGER et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Loeb, Walker & Loeb, Herman F. Selvin, Guy Richards Crump, Mark S. Feiler, Roy W. Colegate, Frank P. Doherty, William R. Gallagher and Harry G. Sadicoff for […]

Marble v. Hasberg, 8 Cal.2d 770 [L. A. No. 15988. In Bank. February 26, 1937.] JOHN M. MARBLE et al., Appellants, v. WILLIAM HASBERG, Respondent. JOHN M. MARBLE et al., Appellants, v. LOU ANGER et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Overton, Lyman & Plumb, Irving H. Prince, Chalmers L. McGaughey and Roscoe R. Hess for Appellants. Loeb, […]

Guardianship of Cornaz, 8 Cal.2d 347 [Sac. No. 5050. In Bank. February 26, 1937.] In the Matter of the Guardianship of the Person and Estate of NONIE CORNAZ, an Incompetent Person. In the Matter of the Guardianship of the Person and Estate of FRANK CORNAZ, an Incompetent Person. In the Matter of the Estate of […]

Woodard v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., 8 Cal.2d 361 [Sac. No. 5054. In Bank. February 26, 1937.] JOHN D. WOODARD, as Executor, etc., Respondent, v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (a Corporation), Defendant; GRACE HANSON, as Administratrix, etc., Appellant. COUNSEL C. C. McDonald for Appellant. A. G. Bailey for Respondent. OPINION LANGDON, J. This is an […]

Thompson v. Moore, 8 Cal.2d 367 [Sac. No. 5056. In Bank. February 26, 1937.] ROBERT THOMPSON et al., Respondents, v. W. G. MOORE et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Elmer W. Armfield and Arthur B. Eddy for Appellants. A. G. Bailey for Respondents. [8 Cal.2d 368] OPINION CURTIS, J. Plaintiffs were the owners of a house and […]

Pacific Coast etc. Bank v. Clausen, 8 Cal.2d 364 [Sac. No. 5004. In Bank. February 26, 1937.] PACIFIC COAST JOINT STOCK LAND BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO (a Corporation), Respondent, v. PETRA JULIA CLAUSEN et al., Defendants; VIOLET E. S. CLAUSEN, Appellant. COUNSEL W. Coburn Cook for Appellant. J. Edward Johnson and Preston & Braucht for […]

First Nat. Bank v. Kinslow, 8 Cal.2d 339 [L. A. No. 15597. In Bank. February 25, 1937.] THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SANTA ANA (a National Banking Association), Respondent, v. LENORA E. KINSLOW et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Arthur F. Koepsel for Appellants. Forgy, Reinhaus & Forgy, S. M. Reinhaus and A. M. Bradley for Respondent. […]

  LaFranchi v. City of Santa Rosa, 8 Cal.2d 331 [Sac. No. 4962. In Bank. February 25, 1937.] M. J. LaFRANCHI, Appellant, v. THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA (a Municipal Corporation) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL J. N. DeMeo for Appellant. Edward M. Selby, Lewis D. Collings, Philip S. Ehrlich and Albert A. Axelrod, as Amici […]

Purinton v. Dyson, 8 Cal.2d 322 [Sac. No. 5052. In Bank. February 24, 1937.] BETTY BYRON PURINTON, a Minor, etc., Respondent, v. HARRY H. DYSON, etc., Appellant. COUNSEL Crittenden & Hench and Scott Rex for Appellant. Charles H. Vance, A. L. Cowell, Gumpert & Mazzera and C. H. Hogan for Respondent. OPINION EDMONDS, J. This […]

Treat v. Murdock, 8 Cal.2d 316 [Sac. No. 5055. In Bank. February 24, 1937.] WILLIAM T. TREAT et al., Respondents, v. JAMES A. MURDOCK et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Andrew J. Copp, Jr., for Appellants. Charles P. Snyder and George F. Snyder for Respondents. OPINION EDMONDS, J. The appellants in this case were held liable for […]

Palin v. Sweitzer, 8 Cal.2d 329 [Sac. No. 5058. In Bank. February 24, 1937.] FRANK E. PALIN, Appellant, v. LEWIS H. SWEITZER et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Bryce Swartfager for Appellant. Lowell Palmer and L. E. Johnston for Respondents. OPINION SHENK, J. In this action in partition the answer of one of the cotenants, Lewis H. […]

Page v. City of Santa Rosa, 8 Cal.2d 311 [Sac. No. 5070. In Bank. February 23, 1937.] C. E. PAGE, Appellant, v. CITY OF SANTA ROSA (a Municipal Corporation) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL A. W. Hollingsworth for Appellant. Edward T. Koford, City Attorney, for Respondents. OPINION SEAWELL, J. The allegations of plaintiff’s first amended complaint, […]

Union B. & T. Co. v. Security-First National Bank, 8 Cal.2d 303 [L. A. No. 15983. In Bank. February 19, 1937.] UNION BANK & TRUST COMPANY OF LOS ANGELES (a Corporation), Appellant, v. SECURITY-FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF LOS ANGELES (a Corporation), Respondent. UNION BANK & TRUST COMPANY OF LOS ANGELES (a Corporation), Appellant, v. CITIZENS […]

Mundy v. Marshall, 8 Cal.2d 294 [L. A. No. 16033. In Bank. February 18, 1937.] LOU MUNDY, Appellant, v. MARION C. MARSHALL et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Moses C. Davis and W. Thomas Davis for Appellant. Walter S. Coen, Donald E. Ruppe and Horace W. Danforth for Respondents. OPINION THOMPSON, J. This is an appeal by […]

Byer v. Canadian Bank of Commerce, 8 Cal.2d 297 [L. A. No. 15966. In Bank. February 18, 1937.] JACOB BYER, Respondent, v. THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE, Appellant. COUNSEL Meserve, Mumper, Hughes & Robertson and William Larrabee for Appellant. Mark S. Feiler, Roy W. Colegate and Guy Richards Crump for Respondent. OPINION EDMONDS, J. The […]

Brock & Co. v. Board of Supervisors, 8 Cal.2d 286 [L. A. No. 15996. In Bank. February 15, 1937.] BROCK & COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant, v. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, etc., et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Holbrook, Taylor, Tarr & Reed and W. Sumner Holbrook, Jr., for Appellant. McFarlane, Schaeffer, Haun & Mulford and Earl C. Redwine, […]

Robbins v. Pacific Eastern Corp., 8 Cal.2d 241 [S. F. No. 15616. In Bank. February 10, 1937.] REUEL D. ROBBINS, Jr., et al., as Executors, etc., Appellants, v. PACIFIC EASTERN CORPORATION et al., Respondents. [S. F. No. 15617. In Bank. February 10, 1937.] JOHN ARCHER et al., Appellants, v. PACIFIC EASTERN CORPORATION et al., Respondents. […]

Churchill v. Title Ins. & Trust Co., 8 Cal.2d 238 [L. A. No. 16119. In Bank. February 9, 1937.] E. PERRY CHURCHILL, Respondent, v. TITLE INSURANCE AND TRUST COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant. [L. A. No. 16120. In Bank. February 9, 1937.] E. PERRY CHURCHILL, Respondent, v. TITLE INSURANCE AND TRUST COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant. [L. […]