Category: 1939

Pacific Western Oil Co. v. Bern Oil Co. , 13 Cal.2d 60 [L. A. No. 16210. In Bank. March 3, 1939.] PACIFIC WESTERN OIL CO. (a Corporation), Respondent, v. BERN OIL COMPANY, LTD. (a Corporation), et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Abe Richman and Sidney J. Unickel for Appellants. Borton, Petrini & Conron and D. E. Staples […]

SELTZER V. MUSICIANS’ UNION LOCAL NO. 6 , 12 Cal.2d 718 [S. F. No. 16214. In Bank. February 27, 1939.] OSCAR SELTZER, Appellant, v. MUSICIANS’ UNION LOCAL No. 6 et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Milton Marks and Morris Lowenthal for Appellant. Clarence E. Todd and Henry C. Todd for Respondents. OPINION THE COURT. This is an […]

Drummey v. State Board of Funeral Directors , 13 Cal.2d 75 [S. F. No. 16050. In Bank. March 3, 1939.] WILLIAM P. DRUMMEY et al., Petitioners, v. STATE BOARD OF FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALMERS et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Frank J. Barry for Appellants. Tinning & DeLap, Bianchi & Hyman and A. B. Bianchi for Respondents. […]

People v. McLachlan , 13 Cal.2d 45 [Crim. No. 4184. In Bank. March 2, 1939.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. CHARLES AUGUSTINE McLACHLAN, Appellant. COUNSEL George C. Watson and Carl W. Minton for Appellant. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, and Frank Richards, Deputy Attorney-General, for Respondent. OPINION SEAWELL, J. This appeal, taken from a judgment imposing the death […]

People v. Green , 13 Cal.2d 37 [Crim. No. 4189. In Bank. March 2, 1939.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. WILLIAM GREEN, Appellant. COUNSEL Ralph Moradian and John J. Gallagher for Appellant. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, Burdette J. Daniels, Deputy Attorney- General, and Dan F. Conway, District Attorney, for Respondent. OPINION WASTE, C.J. After trial before a […]

Canfield v. Security-First National Bank , 13 Cal.2d 35 [L. A. No. 15630. In Bank. March 1, 1939.] PEARL S. CANFIELD, Appellant, v. SECURITY-FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF LOS ANGELES (a Corporation) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL J. M. Danziger, Charles A. Buckley, Goodman, Bachrack & Brownstone, R. M. J. Armstrong and Herman A. Bachrack for Appellant. […]

Canfield v. Security-First National Bank , 13 Cal.2d 1 [L. A. No. 16085. In Bank. March 1, 1939.] PEARL S. CANFIELD, Appellant, v. SECURITY-FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF LOS ANGELES (a Corporation), Respondents. [L. A. No. 16083. In Bank. March 1, 1939.] BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION (a National Banking Association), Appellant, v. […]

  De Aryan v. Akers , 12 Cal.2d 781 [L. A. No. 16631. In Bank. February 28, 1939.] C. LEON De ARYAN, Appellant, v. ROY O. AKERS, Respondent. COUNSEL C. Leon De Aryan, in pro. per., for Appellant. Roy O. Akers, in pro. per., for Respondent. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, and H. H. Linney and James […]

People v. French , 12 Cal.2d 720 [Crim. No. 4135. In Bank. February 27, 1939.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. HARRY A. FRENCH, Appellant. COUNSEL S. Luke Howe, C. S. Baldwin, F. Walter French and O. F. Meldon for Appellant. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, William F. Cleary, Deputy Attorney-General, A. K. Wylie, District Attorney, and Herbert P. […]

Monjar v. Superior Court , 12 Cal.2d 715 [L. A. No. 16853. In Bank. February 27, 1939.] GEORGE O. MONJAR, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL T. Paul Moody and Thomas Hawkins for Petitioner. J. H. O’Connor, County Counsel, and Douglas De Coster, Chief Deputy County Counsel, for […]

Harth v. Ten Eyck , 12 Cal.2d 709 [L. A. No. 16863. In Bank. February 17, 1939.] H. A. HARTH, Sr., Respondent, v. WARREN TEN EYCK et al., Defendants; L. E. OLINGER, Appellant. COUNSEL L. Lee Bernstein for Appellant. Cummins, McMillan & Cummins for Respondent. OPINION WASTE, C.J. This cause comes here on motion of […]

Pacific Gas & Elec. Co. v. Nakano , 12 Cal.2d 711 [Sac. No. 5200. In Bank. February 17, 1939.] PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent, v. JIROKICHI NAKANO et al., Defendants; RETAILERS’ CREDIT ASSOCIATION OF SACRAMENTO (a Corporation), Appellant; JIROKICHI NAKANO, Respondent. COUNSEL John A. McGilvray and Kenneth G. McGilvray for Appellants. R. […]

Clayton v. Schultz , 12 Cal.2d 703 [S. F. No. 16095. In Bank. February 15, 1939.] A. D. CLAYTON, Plaintiff; PHINEAS D. CLAYTON, Plaintiff in Intervention and Appellant, v. WILLIAM A. SCHULTZ et al., Respondents. COUNSEL J. E. White and Abraham Setzer for Appellant. Thomas T. Califro for Respondents. OPINION THE COURT. The petitioner in […]

Hinkle v. Southern Pacific Co. , 12 Cal.2d 691 [Sac. No. 5230. In Bank. February 14, 1939.] BLISS I. HINKLE et al., Respondents, v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Defendants; SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL T. L. Chamberlain, Devlin & Devlin & Diepenbrock for Appellant. Robert E. Burns, Patrick J. Murphy […]

Aho v. Kusnert , 12 Cal.2d 687 [Sac. No. 5217. In Bank. February 9, 1939.] JOUKO HERBERT AHO et al., Respondents, v. LOUISE KUSNERT, as Executrix, etc., Appellants. COUNSEL H. C. Nelson for Appellant. Irwin T. Quinn for Respondents. OPINION SEAWELL, J. Respondents brought this action against the executrix of the will of their stepfather […]

Lord v. Atchison , 12 Cal.2d 681 [L. A. No. 16693. In Bank. February 9, 1939.] FLORENCE LORD et al., Appellants, v. LILLIE M. ATCHISON, as Executrix, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Bernard B. Laven for Appellants. George D. Howland for Respondent. OPINION WASTE, C.J. The sole question presented by this appeal is whether in terminating a […]

Neuwald v. Brock , 12 Cal.2d 662 [S. F. No. 16094. In Bank. January 31, 1939.] EDWARD B. NEUWALD, Respondent, v. A. B. BROCK, as Director of the Department of Agriculture, etc., et al., Appellants. COUNSEL U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, and Frank English and John J. Dailey, Deputies Attorney-General, for Appellants. Eustace Cullinan, Eustace Cullinan, Jr., […]

Farney v. Stockton Port Dist. , 12 Cal.2d 653 [Sac. 5265. In Bank. January 30, 1939.] EDGAR D. FARNEY, Appellant, v. THE STOCKTON PORT DISTRICT et al., Respondents. [S. F. No. 16132. In Bank. January 30, 1939.] EDGAR D. FARNEY, Petitioner, v. THE STOCKTON PORT DISTRICT et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Gumpert & Mazzera and J. […]

Estate of Lopus , 12 Cal.2d 651 [Sac. No. 5203. In Bank. January 30, 1939.] In the Matter of the Estate of JOSEPH LOPUS, Deceased. HATTIE LOPUS, as Administratrix, etc., Appellant, v. FRANCES LOPUS, as Administratrix, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Lelia R. Leep for Appellant. W. H. Early and Clarendon W. Anderson for Respondent. OPINION WASTE, […]

Rideaux v. Torgrimson , 12 Cal.2d 633 [L. A. No. 16786. In Bank. January 26, 1939.] MAXINE D. RIDEAUX, Appellant, v. JOHN TORGRIMSON, Jr., as Administrator, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Aaron Sapiro, Samuel De Groot, Samuel A. Rosenthal and Burton Briggs Crane for Appellant. W. M. Greathouse for Respondent. OPINION EDMONDS, J. The question presented for […]

People v. David , 12 Cal.2d 639 [Crim. No. 4193. In Bank. January 26, 1939.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. CLAUD DAVID, Appellant. COUNSEL Edmund M. Moor for Appellant. U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, Ralph H. Cowing and J. Q. Brown, Deputies Attorney-General, and Clair Engle, District Attorney, for Respondent. OPINION EDMONDS, J. By indictment, the defendant was […]

  Vierra v. Pereira , 12 Cal.2d 629 [Sac. No. 5218. In Bank. January 25, 1939.] THEODORE VIERRA et al., Respondents, v. A. T. PEREIRA et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Wilcox & Rodin and E. H. Zion for Appellants. Harold L. Hjelm and Hjelm & Hjelm for Respondents. [12 Cal.2d 630] OPINION EDMONDS, J. During the […]

Hamilton v. Pacific Elec. Ry. Co. , 12 Cal.2d 598 [L. A. No. 16885. In Bank. January 24, 1939.] JENNIE E. HAMILTON, Respondent, v. PACIFIC ELECTRIC RAILWAY COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL Frank Karr, E. E. Morris, C. W. Cornell and O. O. Collins for Appellant. Leo V. Youngworth and J. Harold Decker for Respondent. […]

Johns v. Scobie , 12 Cal.2d 618 [L. A. No. 16335. In Bank. January 24, 1939.] JAMES T. JOHNS, Respondent, v. LENA A. SCOBIE, as Administratrix, etc., Appellant. COUNSEL Harvey, Johnston & Baker and T. H. Werdel for Appellant. Samuel Taylor for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. A hearing was granted in this case after decision […]

Brock v. Superior Court , 12 Cal.2d 605 [L. A. No. 16635. In Bank. January 24, 1939.] A. A. BROCK, as State Director of Agriculture, etc., et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, Earl Warren, Attorney-General, Walter L. Bowers, Deputy Attorney-General, Ivan G. McDaniel […]