Category: 1940

People v. Smith , 15 Cal.2d 640 [Crim. No. 4293. In Bank. July 16, 1940.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. THOMAS B. SMITH, Appellant. COUNSEL Vernon F. Gant for Appellant. Earl Warren, Attorney-General, J. Q. Brown, Deputy Attorney-General, Leslie A. Cleary, District Attorney, and William Zeff, Deputy District Attorney, for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. After trial […]

Estate of O’Dea , 15 Cal.2d 637 [L. A. No. 17536. In Bank. July 3, 1940.] In the Matter of the Estate of MICHAEL F. O’DEA, Deceased. HENRY J. O’DAY et al., Appellants, v. JAMES LYNCH et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Claud B. Andrews, John Leo Harris and Mosher & Shafer for Appellants. [15 Cal.2d 638] […]

Sale v. Railroad Commission , 15 Cal.2d 612 [S. F. No. 16306. In Bank. July 2, 1940.] WILLIAM A. SALE et al., Petitioners, v. RAILROAD COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Decoto & Hardin, Ezra W. Decoto, Reginald L. Vaughan and Varnum Paul for Petitioners. Ira H. Rowell, Roderick Cassidy and […]

Dingman v. A. F. Mattock Company , 15 Cal.2d 622 [S. F. No. 16372. In Bank. July 2, 1940.] JOSEPH DINGMAN, Respondent, v. A. F. MATTOCK COMPANY, Appellant. COUNSEL Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon for Appellant. Wayne R. Millington and Norman S. Menifee for Respondent. OPINION CURTIS, J. This action was instituted to recover damages for […]

People v. Knott , 15 Cal.2d 628 [Crim. No. 4272. In Bank. July 2, 1940.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. LUELLA KNOTT, Appellant. COUNSEL J. Oscar Goldstein, Burton J. Goldstein, Phil F. Garvey, George Olshausen and Clifford D. Good for Appellant. Earl Warren, Attorney-General, and J. Q. Brown, Deputy Attorney-General, for Respondent. [15 Cal.2d 630] OPINION […]

Morrison v. The Mutual L. Ins. of N.Y. , 15 Cal.2d 579 [S. F. No. 15818. In Bank. June 27, 1940.] JULIA F. MORRISON, Appellant, v. THE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE OF NEW YORK (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL A. Don Duncan for Appellant. F. Elred Boland, Knight, Boland & Riordan and R. M. Sims, Jr., for […]

People v. Long , 15 Cal.2d 590 [Crim. No. 4286. In Bank. June 27, 1940.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. CLAUDE C. LONG, Appellant. COUNSEL Edward A. Cunha, John J. Taaffe and William F. Herron for Appellant. Earl Warren, Attorney-General, William F. Cleary, Deputy Attorney-General, Seibert L. Sefton, Deputy Attorney-General, Matthew Brady, District Attorney, and John […]

City of Oakland v. California Const. Co. , 15 Cal.2d 573 [S. F. Nos. 14699, 14700. In Bank. June 27, 1940.] CITY OF OAKLAND (a Municipal Corporation), as Trustee, etc., Appellant, v. CALIFORNIA CONSTRUCTION COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL F. Bert Fernhoff, City Attorney, C. Stanley Wood, City Attorney, and John W. Collier, Deputy City […]

Mamer v. Superior Court , 15 Cal.2d 569 [S. F. No. 16438. In Bank. June 20, 1940.] FAYE C. MAMER et al., Petitioners, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent. KATHLEEN WEST et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent. ANDREW ANDERSON et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF […]

Huddy v. The Chronicle Publishing Co. , 15 Cal.2d 554 [S. F. No. 16338. In Bank. June 14, 1940.] VIOLET HUDDY, Respondent, v. THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL George K. Ford and Simpson Finnell, Jr., for Appellant. R. G. Partridge and Wallace O’Connell for Respondent. OPINION CURTIS, J. In this action plaintiff […]

The City of Oakland v. Williams , 15 Cal.2d 542 [S. F. No. 16406. In Bank. May 28, 1940.] THE CITY OF OAKLAND (a Municipal Corporation), Petitioner, v. HARRY G. WILLIAMS, as City Auditor, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL F. Bert Fernhoff, City Attorney, and Homer W. Buckley, Assistant City Attorney, for Petitioner. Fred Hutchison, City Attorney […]

Simon v. Grayson , 15 Cal.2d 531 [S. F. No. 16199. In Bank. May 27, 1940.] MARTIN E. SIMON et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. BLANCHE M. GRAYSON, as Executrix, etc., Respondent; HELEN BAUMAN et al., Defendants and Appellants. COUNSEL W. H. Spaulding and Jerome Politzer for Appellants. R. F. Mogan and Otto C. Stelling […]

In re Richardson , 15 Cal.2d 536 [Crim. No. 4277. In Bank. May 27, 1940.] In the Matter of the Disbarment of JEROME LYMAN RICHARDSON, an Attorney at Law. COUNSEL Miguel Estudillo, Robert W. Kenny and Morris E. Cohn for Petitioner. Philbrick McCoy for Respondent. [15 Cal.2d 537] OPINION SHENK, J. On October 28, 1939, […]

People v. McAllister , 15 Cal.2d 519 [Crim. No. 4266. In Bank. May 27, 1940.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. H. L. McALLISTER, Appellant. COUNSEL Klein & Clarke for Appellant. Earl Warren, Attorney-General, F. Walter French, Deputy Attorney-General, for Respondent. OPINION CURTIS, J. Defendant was found guilty of a conspiracy to violate section 17 of the […]

Moran v. District Court of Appeal , 15 Cal.2d 527 [S. F. No. 16420. In Bank. May 27, 1940.] IRENE E. MORAN, Petitioner, v. DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL, THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT, Respondent. COUNSEL McAllister & Johnson and J. W. Dignan for Petitioner. Johnson & Curtright, P. H. Johnson and C. K. Curtright for Respondent. OPINION […]

People v. Cook , 15 Cal.2d 507 [Crim. No. 4273. In Bank. May 20, 1940.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. DeWITT CLINTON COOK, Appellant. COUNSEL Frederic H. Vercoe, Public Defender, and William B. Neeley for Appellant. [15 Cal.2d 509] Earl Warren, Attorney-General, and Frank Richards, Deputy Attorney- General, for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. The defendant herein […]

Lowen v. Finnila , 15 Cal.2d 502 [S. F. No. 16326. In Bank. May 14, 1940.] JACOB LOWEN, Appellant, v. M. A. FINNILA, Respondent. COUNSEL Cross & Brandt for Appellant. Hone & Hone and Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon for Respondent. OPINION SHENK, J., The plaintiff sued to recover damages for personal injuries suffered as the […]

Canavarro v. Theatre, etc., Union , 15 Cal.2d 495 [S. F. No. 16392. In Bank. May 3, 1940.] THEODORE CANAVARRO et al., Appellants, v. THEATRE & AMUSEMENT JANITORS UNION LOCAL No. 9 (an Unincorporated Association) et al., Defendants and Respondents. APARTMENT HOUSE EMPLOYEES UNION LOCAL No. 14 (an Unincorporated Association) et al., Cross-Complainants and Respondents, […]

People v. Ryan , 15 Cal.2d 492 [Crim. No. 4236. In Bank. May 1, 1940.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. JACK RYAN, Appellant. COUNSEL S.W. Thompson for Appellant. Earl Warren, Attorney-General, and Alberta Belford, Deputy Attorney- General, for Respondent. OPINION PULLEN, J., pro tem. Appellant, with others, was jointly charged with violating subdivision 2 of section […]

Wing v. Forest Lawn Cemetery Assn. , 15 Cal.2d 472 [L. A. No. 16777. In Bank. April 30, 1940.] HELEN S. WING, Appellant, v. FOREST LAWN CEMETERY ASSOCIATION (a Corporation) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Michael F. Shannon, Thomas A. Wood, and Charles W. Wolfe for Appellant. Call & Murphey and Robert B. Murphey for Respondents. […]

Quinn v. Rosenfeld , 15 Cal.2d 486 [S. F. No. 16354. In Bank. April 30, 1940.] HUGH J. QUINN, Respondent, v. M. ROSENFELD, Appellant. COUNSEL Cooley, Crowley & Supple for Appellant. F. Bert Fernhoff and Robert R. Ashton, as Amici Curiae, on Behalf of Appellant. James C. Purcell and William E. Ferriter for Respondent. Philander […]

Chesney v. Byram , 15 Cal.2d 460 [L. A. No. 16484. In Bank. April 29, 1940.] CHARLES D. CHESNEY, Respondent, v. H. L. BYRAM, County Tax Collector, etc., Appellant. COUNSEL Everett W. Mattoon, County Counsel, J. H. O’Connor, County Counsel, and Gordon Boller, Deputy County Counsel, for Appellant. [15 Cal.2d 461] Holbrook & Tarr and […]

Fishbaugh v. Fishbaugh , 15 Cal.2d 445 [L. A. No. 16317. In Bank. April 27, 1940.] MARY LOUISE FISHBAUGH, Respondent, v. ERNEST C. FISHBAUGH, Appellant. COUNSEL Meserve, Mumper, Hughes & Robertson and Baldwin Robertson for Appellant. Mathes & Sheppard, Wm. C. Mathes, Gordon F. Hampton and Lloyd Melvin Smith for Respondent. OPINION EDMONDS, J. The […]

Ballard v. MacCallum , 15 Cal.2d 439 [L. A. No. 16750. In Bank. April 26, 1940.] WILLA BALLARD et al., Administrators, etc., Appellants, v. EMILIE G. MacCALLUM et al., Respondents. COUNSEL William L. Kuehn and Franz R. Sachse for Appellants. Phillip N. McCaughan, Edmund Nelson and Hugo Steinmeyer for Respondents. OPINION GIBSON, J. This is […]