Category: 1938

Supple v. Luckenbach , 12 Cal.2d 319 [S. F. No. 16120. In Bank. November 9, 1938.] DAVID F. SUPPLE, Receiver, etc., Respondent, v. EDGAR F. LUCKENBACH et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Phillip Barnett and Samuel Vartan for Appellants. Leo A. Cunningham for Respondent. OPINION CURTIS, J. Motion to dismiss appeal on the ground that the notice […]

Feldmeier v. Superior Court , 12 Cal.2d 302 [L. A. No. 16765. In Bank. October 31, 1938.] L. P. FELDMEIER et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Morin, Newell, Brown & Hamill for Petitioners. Heaney, Price, Postel & Parma for Respondents. OPINION EDMONDS, J. By this proceeding […]

People v. Aranda , 12 Cal.2d 307 [Crim. No. 4171. In Bank. October 31, 1938.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. BENNIE BONIFACIO ARANDA, Appellant. COUNSEL Willard W. Shea, Public Defender, for Appellant. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, and William F. Cleary, Deputy Attorney- General, for Respondent. OPINION WASTE C.J. In an information filed by the district attorney of […]

Taylor v. Oakland Scavenger Co. , 12 Cal.2d 310 [S. F. No. 16011. In Bank. October 31, 1938.] ELEANOR TAYLOR, a Minor, etc., Appellant, v. OAKLAND SCAVENGER COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Defendants; OAKLAND HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT OF ALAMEDA COUNTY, Respondent. COUNSEL Crozier C. Culp and Elliott Johnson for Appellant. Earl Warren, District Attorney, and […]

Gibson Properties Co. v. City of Oakland , 12 Cal.2d 291 [S. F. No. 16055. In Bank. October 28, 1938.] GIBSON PROPERTIES COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Appellants, v. CITY OF OAKLAND (a Municipal Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL Melville C. McDonough and Raymond C. Gericke for Appellants. [12 Cal.2d 293] F. Bert Fernhoff, City Attorney, and […]

Coyne v. Spellacy , 12 Cal.2d 284 [L. A. No. 16803. In Bank. October 25, 1938.] D. JOSEPH COYNE, as Trustee, etc., Appellant, v. PETER E. SPELLACY et al., Defendants; M. A. SPELLACY, Respondent. COUNSEL D. Joseph Coyne, in pro. per., and J. E. Dalton for Appellant. Anne O’Keefe and Ralph C. Curren for Respondent. […]

  Widener v. Hartnett , 12 Cal.2d 287 [L. A. No. 16861. In Bank. October 25, 1938.] BURTHOLD WIDENER (H. PARK ARNOLD, Administrator, etc., Substituted Plaintiff), Respondent, v. TIMOTHY T. HARTNETT, Appellant. COUNSEL Dan M. Critchly and D. Joseph Coyne for Appellant. M. B. Towman and Holbrook & Tarr for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. This […]

Fay v. Fay , 12 Cal.2d 279 [L. A. No. 16650. In Bank. October 24, 1938.] BARBARA STANWYCK FAY, Appellant, v. FRANK FAY, Respondent. COUNSEL Charles W. Cradick, Dailey S. Stafford and Verle N. Fry for Appellant. Hy Schwartz, Philip Stein and N. Stanley Levine for Respondent. [12 Cal.2d 281] OPINION THE COURT. This proceeding […]

Ambrose v. American Toll Bridge Co. , 12 Cal.2d 276

MOSS v. UNDERWRITERS’ REPORT, INC. , 12 Cal.2d 266 [S. F. No. 16059. In Bank. October 20, 1938.] REGINALD G. MOSS, Respondent, v. UNDERWRITERS’ REPORT, INC. (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL William M. Abbott, Cyril Appel, Ivores R. Dains and Henry A. Plattner for Appellant. Augustin C. Keane and Edgar C. Levey for Respondent. OPINION EDMONDS, […]

Lyders v. State Bar , 12 Cal.2d 261 [S. F. No. 16060. In Bank. October 19, 1938.] ERIC C. W. S. LYDERS, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL S. C. Wright and Robert Littler for Petitioner. Philbrick McCoy for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. This is a proceeding to review the recommendation of […]

Hanselman v. Meadville , 12 Cal.2d 259 [L. A. No. 16795. In Bank. October 14, 1938.] MARY E. HANSELMAN, Respondent, v. G. G. MEADVILLE et al., Defendants; ANNA MEADVILLE, Appellant. COUNSEL Anna Meadville, in pro. per., for Appellant. Leonard S. Barnes for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. In this action the trial court entered a decree […]

Knabel v. Baker , 12 Cal.2d 258 [L. A. No. 15571. In Bank. October 14, 1938.] ROSE M. KNABEL, Plaintiff, v. MARY L. BAKER et al., Defendants; W. C. DALZELL, Appellant; FLOYD G. BAKER et al., Cross-Defendants and Respondents. COUNSEL W. C. Dalzell, in pro. per., for Appellant. Porter C. Blackburn for Respondents. OPINION THE […]

Silverman v. Greenberg , 12 Cal.2d 252 [S. F. No. 16048. In Bank. October 13, 1938.] FRANK SILVERMAN et al., Respondents, v. CHARLES GREENBERG, Appellant. COUNSEL William F. Herron for Appellant. Marcel E. Cerf, Robinson & Leland for Respondents. OPINION WASTE, C.J. This action was brought by plaintiffs in the superior court. The complaint contained […]

Estate of Alfrey , 12 Cal.2d 255 [S. F. No. 16072. In Bank. October 13, 1938.] In the Matter of the Estate of ESSIE ALFREY, Deceased. FANNIE P. ZERGA, Appellant, v. CASPAR A. ORNBAUN, Administrator, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Alfred J. Hennessy for Appellant. Everett H. Roan for Respondent. OPINION WASTE, C.J. On October 17, 1936, […]

Reynolds v. Barrett , 12 Cal.2d 244 [S. F. No. 15581. In Bank. October 6, 1938.] FRANCIS EDWARD REYNOLDS et al., Respondents, v. RALPH BARRETT, as City Building Inspector, etc., Appellant. COUNSEL Girard N. Richardson, City Attorney, and Robinson, Price & Macdonald for Appellant. Bestor Robinson and Breed, Burpee & Robinson for Respondents. OPINION THE […]

Charles v. City of Crescent City , 12 Cal.2d 241 [Sac. No. 5234. In Bank. October 4, 1938.] FRED CHARLES et al., Appellants, v. CITY OF CRESCENT CITY (a Municipal Corporation) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL G. H. Van Harvey, John L. Childs and C. A. Degnan for Appellants. T. F. Peterson for Respondents. [12 Cal.2d […]

Newcomb v. City of Newport Beach , 12 Cal.2d 235 [L. A. No. 16381. In Bank. September 29, 1938] SARAH A. NEWCOMB, Appellant, v. CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH (a Municipal Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL P. E. Keeler, James W. Bell and Edward V. Jones for Appellant. Roland Thompson for Respondent. OPINION SEAWELL, J. This is the […]

People v. Megugorac , 12 Cal.2d 208 [Crim. No. 4165. In Bank. September 29, 1938.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. NICK MEGUGORAC, Appellant. COUNSEL Peter T. Rice for Appellant. [12 Cal.2d 209] U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, and Frank Richards, Deputy Attorney-General, for Respondent. OPINION SEAWELL, J. The defendant was convicted in the Superior Court of the County […]

Methever v. State Bar , 12 Cal.2d 230 [L. A. No. 16677. In Bank. September 29, 1938.] ULYSSES E. METHEVER, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL Ulysses E. Methever, in pro. per., for Petitioner. Philbrick McCoy for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. On June 28, 1937, Gertrude E. Kamla, wife to Peter Kamla, […]

Furman v. State Bar , 12 Cal.2d 212 [L. A. No. 16712. In Bank. September 29, 1938.] FRED J. FURMAN, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL Marcus, Rabwin & Nash and Eugene H. Marcus for Petitioner. Philbrick McCoy for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. This proceeding is a review (as distinguished from certiorari) […]

  American Toll Bridge Co. v. Railroad Com. , 12 Cal.2d 184 [S. F. No. 16006. In Bank. September 27, 1938.] AMERICAN TOLL BRIDGE COMPANY (a Corporation), Petitioner, v. RAILROAD COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Thelen & Marrin, Max Thelen, Dunn, White & Aiken, B. R. Aiken, Bauer E. Kramer, […]

Koyer v. McComber , 12 Cal.2d 175 [L. A. No. 16701. In Bank. September 26, 1938.] A. S. KOYER et al., Appellants, v. C. L. McCOMBER et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Laurence B. Martin and Frank S. Hutton for Appellants. W. I. Gilbert, W. I. Gilbert, Jr., Jean Wunderlich, Mathes & Sheppard, William C. Mathes and […]

Colburn Biological Institute v. Shaffer , 12 Cal.2d 168 [L. A. No. 16550. In Bank. September 21, 1938.] THE COLBURN BIOLOGICAL INSTITUTE (a Non-profit Corporation) et al., Respondents, v. FANNIE SHAFFER, as Trustee, etc., Appellant. COUNSEL Charles M. Easton and Palmyra Pressly for Appellant. H. F. Poyet and John F. Poole for Respondents. OPINION THE […]

City of Los Angeles v. Stone , 12 Cal.2d 170 [L. A. No. 16919. In Bank. September 21, 1938.] THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES (a Municipal Corporation), Respondent, v. EDWARD STONE et al., Defendants; THE COLBURN BIOLOGICAL INSTITUTE (a Nonprofit Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL John F. Poole in support of motions. [12 Cal.2d 171] Palmyra Pressly, […]