Category: 1938

City of Culver City v. Reese , 11 Cal.2d 441 [L. A. No. 16780. In Bank. June 28, 1938.] CITY OF CULVER CITY (a Municipal Corporation), Petitioner, v. VINCENT M. REESE, as Engineer of Work, etc., et al., Respondents. COUNSEL M. Tellefson, City Attorney, O’Melveny, Tuller & Myers and James L. Beebe for Petitioner. Clyde […]

Wallis v. Board of Civil Service Commissioners , 11 Cal.2d 430 [S. F. No. 16002. In Bank. June 28, 1938.] ALBERT WALLIS et al., Petitioners, v. BOARD OF CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Haas & Home for Petitioners. Ray L. Chesebro, City Attorney, Leon T. David, Assistant […]

Grant v. Sun Indemnity Co. , 11 Cal.2d 438 [L. A. No. 16604. In Bank. June 28, 1938.] MINNIE GRANT, Respondent, v. SUN INDEMNITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL Elbert E. Hensley and W. H. Abrams for Appellant. Paul Taylor and Noel B. Martin for Respondent. OPINION SHENK, J. Appeal by the […]

Pacific Greyhound Lines v. Railroad Com. , 11 Cal.2d 427 [S. F. No. 16062. In Bank. June 27, 1938.] PACIFIC GREYHOUND LINES (a Corporation), Petitioner, v. RAILROAD COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. [S. F. No. 16063. In Bank. June 27, 1938.] SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY (a Corporation), Petitioner, v. RAILROAD COMMISSION OF THE STATE […]

Geibel v. State Bar , 11 Cal.2d 412 [L. A. No. 16511. In Bank. June 23, 1938.] MARTIN E. GEIBEL, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. [L. A. No. 16510. In Bank. June 23, 1938.] CHARLES R. MORFOOT, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. [L. A. No. 16502. In Bank. June […]

The Ventura Co., Inc., v. Craemer , 11 Cal.2d 407 [L. A. No. 16580. In Bank. June 10, 1938.] THE VENTURA COMPANY, INC., Petitioner, v. JUSTUS F. CRAEMER, as Building and Loan Commissioner, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL John C. Campbell and Franz R. Sachse for Petitioner. Clock, McWhinney & Clock and James C. Ingebretsen for Respondent. […]

  Sachse v. Craemer, 11 Cal.2d 779 [L. A. No. 16582. In Bank. June 10, 1938.] RICHARD SACHSE, Petitioner, v. JUSTUS F. CRAEMER, as Building and Loan Commissioner, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL John C. Campbell and Franz R. Sachse for Petitioner. Clock, McWhinney & Clock and James C. Ingebretsen for Respondent. OPINION OF THE COURT Memorandum […]

Los Angeles v. Los Angeles C. F. C. Dist. , 11 Cal.2d 395 [S. F. No. 15990. In Bank. June 9, 1938.] THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES (a Municipal Corporation) et al., Petitioners, v. LOS ANGELES COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Ray L. Chesebro, in pro. per., and as City Attorney, William […]

Holmes v. Hatch , 11 Cal.2d 376 [S. F. No. 15674. In Bank. June 2, 1938.] A. S. HOLMES et al., Appellants, v. ROBERT E. HATCH, Respondent. [S. F. No. 15736. In Bank. June 2, 1938.] A. S. HOLMES et al., Respondents, v. ROBERT E. HATCH, Appellant. COUNSEL Morrison, Hohfeld, Foerster, Shuman & Clark for […]

Goldberg v. List , 11 Cal.2d 389 [L. A. No. 16247. In Bank. June 2, 1938.] SAMUEL GOLDBERG, Appellant, v. RUTH E. LIST et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Feinfeld & Feinfeld and Stick & Moerdyke for Appellant. John W. Carrigan, in pro. per., and Harold E. Prudhon for Respondents. [11 Cal.2d 391] OPINION CURTIS, J. This […]

Bried v. Superior Court , 11 Cal.2d 351 [S. F. No. 16000. In Bank. June 1, 1938.] J. A. BRIED, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Leo R. Friedman for Petitioner. Carlton D. Dethlefsen and C. F. Eschwig for Respondents. [11 Cal.2d 352] OPINION […]

Kelly v. Kelly , 11 Cal.2d 356 [L. A. No. 15021. In Bank. June 1, 1938.] MARY BOWEN KELLY et al., Appellants, v. EDWARD RUDOLPH KELLY, Respondent. COUNSEL John H. McCorkle, Hamilton, Lindley & Higgins for Appellants. No appearance for Respondent. OPINION SEAWELL, J. Plaintiff individually and as guardian and trustee of her two minor […]

Carr v. Bank of America etc. Assn. , 11 Cal.2d 366 [S. F. No. 15656. In Bank. June 1, 1938.] PHILIP DAVIS CARR, Appellant, v. BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION (a National Banking Association), Respondent. COUNSEL Hubert Wyckoff, Jr., for Appellant. Sullivan, Roche & Johnson, Keyes & Erskine, Rea, Free & Jacka, […]

Estate of Wallace , 11 Cal.2d 338 [L. A. No. 16399. In Bank. May 31, 1938.] In the Matter of the Estate of WILLIAM W. WALLACE, Deceased. ELLEN RUTH O’MARA et al., Appellants, v. THE FARMERS AND MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK OF LOS ANGELES et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Meserve, Mumper, Hughes & Robertson and Roy L. […]

Hart v. City of Beverly Hills , 11 Cal.2d 343 [L. A. No. 16443. In Bank. May 31, 1938.] LEWIS S. HART et al., Appellants, v. CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS (a Municipal Corporation) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Desser & Rau, Michael I. Nessen, Milton N. Sherman and Jack L. Rau for Appellants. Richard C. Waltz, […]

People v. Dyer , 11 Cal.2d 317 [Crim. No. 4141. In Bank. May 27, 1938.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. ALBERT DYER, Appellant. COUNSEL Frederic H. Vercoe, Public Defender, William B. Neeley, Deputy Public Defender, for Appellant. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, James S. Howie, Deputy Attorney-General, Buron Fitts, District Attorney, Eugene Williams, Deputy District Attorney, for Respondent. […]

People v. McKenna , 11 Cal.2d 327 [Crim. No. 4149. In Bank. May 27, 1938.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. CATHERINE A. McKENNA, Appellant. COUNSEL Catherine A. McKenna, in pro. per., and Charles Ostrom for Appellant. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, John O. Palstine, Deputy Attorney-General, for Respondent. OPINION EDMONDS, J. The defendant has appealed from a judgment […]

Wachs v. Wachs , 11 Cal.2d 322 [S. F. No. 15937. In Bank. May 27, 1938.] HAROLD WACHS, Appellant, v. LIONEL WACHS, Respondent. COUNSEL Fitzgerald, Abbott & Beardsley for Appellant. McKee, Tasheira & Wahrhaftig for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. A hearing of the instant appeal by this court after decision thereon by the District Court […]

In re Bank of San Pedro , 11 Cal.2d 313 [L. A. No. 15775. In Bank. May 25, 1938.] In the Matter of the BANK OF SAN PEDRO (a Banking Corporation), in Liquidation. FRIEND W. RICHARDSON, as Superintendent of Banks, etc., Appellant, v. ROY P. HARPER, Respondent. COUNSEL Clock, McWhinney & Clock, Merritt D. Jergens […]

George v. City of Los Angeles , 11 Cal.2d 303 [L. A. No. 16562. In Bank. May 24, 1938.] WALTER GEORGE, Appellant, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES (a Municipal Corporation) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Bradner & Weil and Jerold E. Weil for Appellant. Ray L. Chesebro, City Attorney, Frederick von Schrader, Assistant City Attorney, Leonard […]

People v. McDuffie , 11 Cal.2d 296 [S. F. No. 15982. In Bank. May 2, 1938.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. WILLIAM C. McDUFFIE, as Receiver, etc., Appellant. [S. F. No. 15804. In Bank. May 2, 1938.] THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff, v. WILLIAM C. McDUFFIE, as Receiver, etc., Defendant, Cross-Complainant and Appellant; AMERICAN-HAWAIIAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY (a Corporation) […]

Borenstein v. Borenstein , 11 Cal.2d 301 [L. A. No. 16497. In Bank. May 20, 1938.] JEANETTE BORENSTEIN, Respondent, v. DAVID BORENSTEIN, Appellant. COUNSEL Albert A. Albeck for Appellant. Nat Recht for Respondent. OPINION WASTE, C.J. Motion to dismiss an appeal from an order denying motion to vacate, set aside, and annul an interlocutory and […]

  County of Los Angeles v. Jessup , 11 Cal.2d 273 [S. F. No. 15979. In Bank. May 2, 1938.] COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, Petitioner, v. ROGER JESSUP, as Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of Los Angeles County, Respondent. COUNSEL Everett W. Mattoon, County Counsel, J. H. O’Connor, Assistant County Counsel, S. V. O. […]

National Ice etc. Co. v. Pacific Fruit Express Co. , 11 Cal.2d 283 [S. F. No. 15881. In Bank. May 2, 1938.] NATIONAL ICE AND COLD STORAGE COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA (a Corporation), Appellant, v. PACIFIC FRUIT EXPRESS COMPANY, Respondent. COUNSEL Gavin McNab, Schmulowitz, Wyman, Aikins & Brune, Nat Schmulowitz, H. M. Hammack, Schauer, Ryon & […]

Estate of Gainfort , 11 Cal.2d 298 [S. F. No. 15883. In Bank. May 2, 1938.] In the Matter of the Estate of THOMAS SHERWOOD GAINFORT, Deceased. NICHOLAS BARRON, as Administrator, etc., Appellant v. CAROLINE PARISH, Respondent. COUNSEL Llewellyn Toland, William John McMahon and Theodore Tamba for Appellant. Norman H. Elkington for Respondent. OPINION LANGDON, […]