Category: 1938

Hall v. State Bar , 12 Cal.2d 462 [L. A. No. 16811. In Bank. December 29, 1938.] RICHARD H. HALL, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL Benjamin W. Shipman for Petitioner. Philbrick McCoy for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. This is an application to review a recommendation of the Board of Governors of […]

Feckenscher v. Gamble , 12 Cal.2d 482 [L. A. No. 16823. In Bank. December 30, 1938.] ROSA DELL FECKENSCHER, Respondent, v. LOUIS S. GAMBLE et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Chambers & Lyman, Robert Chambers, Gordon W. Levoy, A. Edward Nichols and Clarence Stephens Brooks for Appellants. John Dean Barrick and William B. Etheridge for Respondent. OPINION […]

  People v. Martin , 12 Cal.2d 466 [Crim. No. 4175. In Bank. December 30, 1938.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. WILLIAM MARTIN et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Roland T. Williams, and Frederic H. Vercoe, Public Defender, for Appellants. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, and Walter L. Bowers, Deputy Attorney- General, for Respondent. [12 Cal.2d 468] OPINION CURTIS, J. […]

Feinstein v. State Bar , 12 Cal.2d 461 [L. A. No. 16813. In Bank. December 29, 1938.] LOUIS FEINSTEIN, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL L. E. Dadmun for Petitioner. Philbrick McCoy for Respondent. [12 Cal.2d 462] OPINION THE COURT. [1] Whereas this proceeding was instituted by the filing of a petition […]

Ivory v. Superior Court , 12 Cal.2d 455 [S. F. No. 16008. In Bank. December 28, 1938.] EMMA G. IVORY et al., Petitioners, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Respondent. COUNSEL Morrison, Hohfeld, Foerster, Shuman & Clark for Petitioners. Robert R. Moody for Respondent. OPINION WASTE, C.J. By this proceeding […]

St. Clair v. Bullock , 12 Cal.2d 450 [L. A. No. 16615. In Bank. December 22, 1938.] CORDELIA ST. CLAIR, Petitioner, v. GEORGIA P. BULLOCK, as Judge of the Superior Court, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Henry E. Phister for Petitioner. Everett W. Mattoon, County Counsel, Douglas De Coster, Chief Deputy County Counsel, and W. I. Gilbert […]

Porter v. Hofman , 12 Cal.2d 445 [Sac. No. 5244. In Bank. December 20, 1938.] ED PORTER et al., Respondents, v. NANETTE HOFMAN, Appellant. COUNSEL H. L. Preston and Lilburn Gibson for Appellant. Charles Kasch for Respondents. OPINION SHENK, J. The plaintiffs obtained a judgment in damages for personal injuries to the plaintiff, Mrs. Porter, […]

Miller v. Stockburger , 12 Cal.2d 440 [L. A. No. 16715. In Bank. December 13, 1938.] GEORGE I. MILLER et al., Petitioners, v. ARLIN E. STOCKBURGER, as State Director of Finance, et al., Respondents. COUNSEL George R. Wickham for Petitioners. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, and R. S. McLaughlin, Deputy Attorney- General, for Respondents. O’Melveny, Tuller & […]

Lauricella v. Stockburger , 12 Cal.2d 792 [L. A. No. 16744. In Bank. December 13, 1938.] JOHN D. LAURICELLA, Petitioner, v. ARLIN E. STOCKBURGER, as State Director of Finance, et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Daniel M. Hunsaker, Lloyd E. Keiser, John G. Clock, and Clock, McWhinney & Clock for Petitioners. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General and R. S. […]

In re Sidebotham , 12 Cal.2d 434 [Crim. No. 4169. In Bank. December 13, 1938.] In the Matter of the Application of ROBERT R. SIDEBOTHAM for a Writ of Habeas Corpus. COUNSEL J. B. Freeman for Petitioner. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, Ralph H. Cowing, Deputy Attorney-General, P. B. Lynch, District Attorney, Solano County, and I. K. […]

Tucker v. Nicholson , 12 Cal.2d 427 [L. A. No. 16281. In Bank. December 3, 1938.] CHARLES H. TUCKER et al., Respondents, v. GRACE FREEMAN NICHOLSON, as Executrix, etc., Appellant. COUNSEL Newton M. Todd and Fred A. Watkins for Appellant. Will H. Winston for Respondents. OPINION SEAWELL, J. The three plaintiffs allege that they paid […]

City of Los Angeles v. Ford , 12 Cal.2d 407 [L. A. No. 16656. In Bank. December 1, 1938.] CITY OF LOS ANGELES (a Municipal Corporation), Appellant, v. JOHN ANSON FORD et al., as Members of the Board of Supervisors of Los Angeles County, Respondents. COUNSEL Ray L. Chesebro, City Attorney, Frederick von Schrader, Assistant […]

Davis v. County of Los Angeles , 12 Cal.2d 412 [L. A. No. 16657. In Bank. December 1, 1938.] ELIZABETH A. DAVIS, Appellant, v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES (a Public Corporation) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Roy A. Linn for Appellant. [12 Cal.2d 415] J. H. O’Connor, County Counsel, W. B. McKesson, Deputy County Counsel, Tanner, […]

Provident Land Corporation v. Benoit , 12 Cal.2d 790 [Sac. No. 5135. In Bank. November 28, 1938.] PROVIDENT LAND CORPORATION (a Corporation), Appellant, v. GEORGIE BENOIT, as Administratrix, etc., et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Louis Bartlett and W. S. McGuire for Appellant. George R. Freeman, Thomas Rutledge and Elmer Laine for Respondents. Hankins & Hankins, C. […]

Casner v. Daily News Co., Ltd. , 12 Cal.2d 402 [S. F. No. 16076. In Bank. November 30, 1938.] CANNIE CASNER, Appellant, v. DAILY NEWS COMPANY, LTD. (a Corporation), et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Freidenrich & Selig, Philip Selig, Jr., Francis Gill and Phillip Barnett for Appellant. William M. Abbott, Cyril Appel, Ivores R. Dains and […]

Clough v. Compton-Delevan Irr. Dist. , 12 Cal.2d 385 [Sac. No. 5090. In Bank. November 28, 1938.] GEORGE A. CLOUGH, Appellant, v. COMPTON-DELEVAN IRRIGATION DISTRICT (a Body Corporate and Politic) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL George A. Clough, in pro. per., and Tobin & Tobin for Appellant. [12 Cal.2d 387] U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, Ralph H. Cowing […]

Provident Land Corp. v. Zumwalt , 12 Cal.2d 365 [Sac. No. 5133. In Bank. November 28, 1938.] PROVIDENT LAND CORPORATION (a Corporation), Appellant, v. I. G. ZUMWALT et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Louis Bartlett and W. S. McGuire for Appellant. George R. Freeman, Thomas Rutledge and Elmer Laine for Respondents. Hankins & Hankins, C. F. Metteer, […]

  Provident Land Corporation v. Provident Irrigation District , 12 Cal.2d 791 [Sac. No. 5134. In Bank. November 28, 1938.] PROVIDENT LAND CORPORATION (a Corporation), Appellant, v. PROVIDENT IRRIGATION DISTRICT (an Irrigation District) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Louis Bartlett and W. S. McGuire for Appellant. George R. Freeman, Thomas Rutledge and Elmer Laine for Respondents. […]

El Camino I. Dist. v. El Camino L. Corp. , 12 Cal.2d 378 [Sac. No. 5161. In Bank. November 28, 1938.] EL CAMINO IRRIGATION DISTRICT (a Public Corporation and Body Politic), Respondent, v. EL CAMINO LAND CORPORATION (a Corporation) et al., Appellants. COUNSEL A. L. Garvey and Curtiss E. Wetter for Appellants. L. C. Smith […]

McManus v. Montgomery , 12 Cal.2d 397 [L. A. No. 16690. In Bank. November 28, 1938.] B. W. McMANUS, Respondent, v. REGINA B. MONTGOMERY, Appellant. COUNSEL W. L. Baugh, Jr., Roy L. Herndon, and Meserve, Mumper, Hughes & Robertson for Appellant. Irvin C. Louis, H. B. Pool and Mildred Gilmore for Respondent. Courtney A. Teel, […]

Moody v. Provident Irr. Dist. , 12 Cal.2d 389 [Sac. No. 5235. In Bank. November 28, 1938.] GILBERT MOODY, Appellant, v. PROVIDENT IRRIGATION DISTRICT (a Body Corporate and Politic), Respondent. COUNSEL W. Coburn Cook for Appellant. A. L. Garvey and Curtiss E. Wetter, as Amici Curiae, on Behalf of Appellant. George R. Freeman for Respondent. […]

Ellison v. Lang Transportation Co. , 12 Cal.2d 355 [L. A. No. 16655. In Bank. November 22, 1938.] HELEN ELLISON, as Administratrix, etc., Respondent, v. LANG TRANSPORTATION CO. (a Corporation), Appellant. CAETANO V. ANDRADE, as Administrator, etc., Respondent, v. LANG TRANSPORTATION CO. (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL George H. Moore and Gerald O’C. Egan for Appellant. […]

Long v. Rumsey , 12 Cal.2d 334

Syler v. Katzer , 12 Cal.2d 348 [Sac. No. 5192. In Bank. November 16, 1938.] M. R. SYLER, Respondent, v. HERMANN E. KATZER, as Executor, etc., Appellant. COUNSEL King & King for Appellant. T. F. Peterson for Respondent. OPINION LANGDON, J. Plaintiff brought an action to recover for the value of services performed by him […]

JUSTESEN’S F. S., INC., v. CITY OF TULARE , 12 Cal.2d 324 [L. A. No. 16060. In Bank. November 14, 1938.] JUSTESEN’S FOOD STORES, INC. (a Corporation), Appellant, v. CITY OF TULARE (a Municipal Corporation) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Hugo McKinley and Joseph A. Brown for Appellant. Breed, Burpee & Robinson, as Amici Curiae, on […]