Category: 1939

Gordon v. Barr , 13 Cal.2d 596 [L. A. No. 16228. In Bank. May 31, 1939.] EDITH M. GORDON, as Executrix, etc., Appellant, v. MARY ROBB BARR, Respondent. COUNSEL J. E. Hood and Conley, Conley & Conley for Appellant. Samuel F. Hollins, Matt Wahrhaftig and McKee, Tasheira & Wahrhaftig for Respondent. OPINION EDMONDS, J. The […]

Cook v. Los Angeles Railway Corp. , 13 Cal.2d 591 [L. A. No. 17062. In Bank. May 31, 1939.] EVYONNE S. COOK, Appellant, v. LOS ANGELES RAILWAY CORPORATION (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL Harold D. Kraft for Appellant. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and E. H. Chapman for Respondent. OPINION EDMONDS, J. By this appeal the plaintiff […]

Zolkover v. Industrial Acc. Com. , 13 Cal.2d 584 [L. A. No. 17080. In Bank. May 29, 1939.] SHY ZOLKOVER et al., Petitioners, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION and HARRY F. ROBINSON, Respondents. COUNSEL C. W. Bowers for Petitioners. Everett A. Corten and Eldon B. Spofford for Respondents. OPINION SHENK, J. The petitioners seek an annulment […]

Gish v. Los Angeles Railway Corp. , 13 Cal.2d 570 [L. A. No. 17009. In Bank. May 25, 1939.] KATHERINE M. GISH et al., Appellants, v. LOS ANGELES RAILWAY CORPORATION (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL John F. Poole and H. E. Gleason for Appellants. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Penn Cummings and John Henry Peckham for Respondent. […]

People v. One 1933 Plymouth Auto. , 13 Cal.2d 565 [S. F. No. 16193. In Bank. May 25, 1939.] THE PEOPLE, Appellant, v. ONE 1933 PLYMOUTH SEDAN DELUXE AUTOMOBILE, Engine No. P. D. 165124, Respondent. COUNSEL Earl Warren, Attorney-General, U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, Seibert L. Sefton, Deputy Attorney-General, and J. Albert Hutchinson, Deputy Attorney- General, for […]

County of Los Angeles v. Jones , 13 Cal.2d 554 [S. F. No. 16187. In Bank. May 22, 1939.] COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES (a Body Corporate and Politic), Petitioner, v. ALFRED JONES, as County Surveyor, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL J. H. O’Connor, County Counsel, and A. Curtis Smith, Deputy County Counsel, for Petitioner. O’Melveny, Tuller & […]

Douglas Aircraft Co., Inc., v. Johnson , 13 Cal.2d 545 [Sac. No. 5205. In Bank. May 18, 1939.] DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT COMPANY, INC., (a Corporation), Appellant, v. CHARLES G. JOHNSON, as State Treasurer, etc., Respondent. [Sac. No. 5208. In Bank. May 18, 1939.] CHANSLOR-CANFIELD MIDWAY OIL COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant, v. CHARLES G. JOHNSON, as State […]

Skidmore v. County of Alameda , 13 Cal.2d 534 [S. F. No. 16156. In Bank. May 16, 1939.] C. E. SKIDMORE et al., Appellants, v. COUNTY OF ALAMEDA, Respondent. COUNSEL Frank L. Guerena, Hester W. Webb and William H. Mackay for Appellants. Earl Warren, District Attorney, Alameda County, Ralph E. Hoyt, Chief Assistant District Attorney, […]

People v. King , 13 Cal.2d 521 [Crim. No. 4219. In Bank. May 8, 1939.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. WILBERT F. KING et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Robert M. Wash and Gerald H. Catania for Appellants. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, Earl Warren, Attorney-General, Eugene M. Elson, Deputy Attorney-General, Dan F. Conway, District Attorney, and S. L. Heesinger, […]

California C. I. Ex. v. Industrial Acc. Com. , 13 Cal.2d 529 [L. A. No. 16995. In Bank. May 8, 1939.] CALIFORNIA CASUALTY INDEMNITY EXCHANGE (an Inter-Insurance Exchange), Petitioner, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION and LEE C. CRAWFORD, Respondents. COUNSEL Richard L. Oliver for Petitioner. Everett A. Corten for Respondents. OPINION THE COURT. A hearing was […]

Swing v. Riley , 13 Cal.2d 513 [S. F. No. 16035. In Bank. May 6, 1939.] RALPH E. SWING, as Chairman of the Senate Interim Committee, etc., et al., Petitioners, v. HARRY B. RILEY, as State Controller, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Fred B. Wood, George W. Wakefield, Arthur McHenry and Norris J. Burke for Petitioners. Ralph […]

  Special Assembly Interim Com. v. Southard , 13 Cal.2d 497 [L. A. No. 16753. In Bank. May 6, 1939.] THE SPECIAL ASSEMBLY INTERIM COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC MORALS OF THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE, Appellant, v. HARRY A. SOUTHARD et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Fred B. Wood, George W. Wakefield, Arthur McHenry and Norris J. Burke for Appellant. […]

Meridian, Ltd., v. San Francisco , 13 Cal.2d 424 [Sac. No. 5088. In Bank. May 5, 1939.] MERIDIAN, LTD. (a Corporation), Plaintiff and Appellant, v. THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO et al., Defendants; THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Defendant and Appellant. COUNSEL Sloss, Turner & Finney and Murray Bourne for Plaintiff […]

Skinner v. Coy , 13 Cal.2d 407 [L. A. No. 16673. In Bank. May 5, 1939.] S. A. SKINNER et al., Respondents, v. JOHN P. COY et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Jerome B. Kavanaugh, District Attorney, Albert E. Weller, Chief Deputy District Attorney, and Stanley Mussell for Appellants. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, Earl Warren, Attorney-General, and Bayard […]

Jensen v. Hugh Evans & Co. , 13 Cal.2d 401 [L. A. No. 16970. In Bank. May 4, 1939.] A. P. JENSEN et al., Respondents, v. HUGH EVANS & COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Defendants; L. H. BOOKER et al., Trustees, etc., Appellants. COUNSEL Olson & Olson, Allen Miller and Robert Clifton for Appellants. Max […]

Golden State Glass Corp. v. Superior Court , 13 Cal.2d 384 [S. F. No. 16071. In Bank. April 29, 1939.] GOLDEN STATE GLASS CORPORATION (a Corporation) et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Oscar C. Sattinger, in pro. per., Mitchell, Silberberg, Roth & Knupp, Lester William Roth […]

Echlin v. Superior Court , 13 Cal.2d 368 [S. F. No. 16170. In Bank. April 28, 1939.] MADELINE ECHLIN, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN MATEO COUNTY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Robert E. Hatch and Carl Conradi, Jr., for Petitioner. J. E. McCurdy and Theodore M. Stuart for Respondents. OPINION SEAWELL, J. Petitioner seeks […]

Hatheway v. Industrial Acc. Com. , 13 Cal.2d 377 [L. A. No. 17063. In Bank. April 28, 1939.] EARLE M. HATHEWAY, Petitioner, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION and JACK HODGKINSON, Respondents. COUNSEL Webster Hazlehurst for Petitioner. Everett A. Corten and Eldon B. Spofford for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. This case presents but one question: Does the […]

Estate of Bennett , 13 Cal.2d 354 [L. A. No. 16454. In Bank. April 26, 1939.] In the Matter of the Estate of WILL WALLACE BENNETT, Deceased. ALFRED SIEMON, as Executor, etc., Appellant, v. MORTGAGE INVESTMENT COMPANY OF LOS ANGELES (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL Siemon & Claflin, Alfred Siemon, T. R. Claflin and Bennett Siemon […]

Stevens v. Oakdale Irr. Dist. , 13 Cal.2d 343

VALLADAO v. FIREMAN’S FUND INDEM. CO. , 13 Cal.2d 322 [Sac. No. 5248. In Bank. April 21, 1939.] JULIA VALLADAO et al., Appellants, v. FIREMAN’S FUND INDEMNITY COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent. MARY J. KATSULAKIS et al., Appellants, v. FIREMAN’S FUND INDEMNITY COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL Appelbaum & Mitchell, Mervin C. Lernhart, Lewis H. Cromwell […]

Toomey v. Toomey , 13 Cal.2d 317 [Sac. No. 5138. In Bank. April 21, 1939.] ELIZABETH TOOMEY, Appellant, v. RICHARD J. TOOMEY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Geary & Geary, C.J. Tauzer and W. H. Early for Appellant. Barrett & McConnell for Respondents. OPINION SEAWELL, J. Plaintiff appeals from a judgment entered for defendants after sustaining […]

Carpenter v. Pacific Mutual Life Ins. Co. , 13 Cal.2d 306 [L. A. No. 16221. In Bank. April 19, 1939.] SAMUEL L. CARPENTER, Jr., Insurance Commissioner, etc., Petitioner and Respondent, v. THE PACIFIC MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA (a Corporation) et al., Respondents; WILLIAM H. NEBLETT, Appellant. [L. A. No. 16245. In Bank. April […]

Entremont v. Whitsell , 13 Cal.2d 290 [S. F. No. 15772. In Bank. April 17, 1939.] PAUL ENTREMONT et al. Petitioners, v. LEON O. WHITSELL et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Albert E. Sheets, C. C. Carleton, C. R. Montgomery, Robert E. Reed, Frank B. Durkee and P. N. McCloskey for Petitioners. Ray L. Chesebro, City Attorney […]

MacPherson v. MacPherson , 13 Cal.2d 271 [L. A. No. 16770. In Bank. April 10, 1939.] BLOSSOM GRAY MacPHERSON, Respondent, v. CAMERON O’DAY MacPHERSON, Appellant. COUNSEL Bettin, Painter & Wait, D. Howard Painter and Ray H. Kinnison for Appellant. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Thomas H. Joyce, George D. Jagels and Van C. Niven for Respondent. […]