Category: 1940

Cal.-West. States etc. Co. v. Feinsten , 15 Cal.2d 413 [L. A. No. 16865. In Bank. April 25, 1940.] CALIFORNIA-WESTERN STATES LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent, v. PHILIP FEINSTEN et al., Appellants. COUNSEL L. E. Dadmun for Appellants. John J. Ford, Frank M. Benedict and Ford, Benedict & Ford for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. […]

McDonald v. Morley , 15 Cal.2d 409 [L. A. No. 16773. In Bank. April 23, 1940.] JAMES C. McDONALD, Appellant, v. HELEN KATHERINE MORLEY, Executrix, etc., Respondent. HELEN K. MORLEY, Respondent, v. JAMES C. McDONALD, Appellant. COUNSEL Arthur E. Schifferman for Appellant. Dana Ong and Le Roy Anderson for Respondents. OPINION EDMONDS, J. Under a […]

Sterling Realty Company v. Relfe , 15 Cal.2d 406 [S. F. No. 16366. In Bank. April 22, 1940.] STERLING REALTY COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant, v. EMILY RELFE et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Phil F. Garvey for Appellant. John J. O’Toole, City Attorney, Norman Sanford Wolff, Deputy City Attorney, and Ralph Alfred Wood, Jr., for Respondents. OPINION […]

Dexter v. Superior Court , 15 Cal.2d 405 [L. A. No. 16714. In Bank. April 17, 1940.] STEPHEN B. DEXTER, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL P. E. Keeler and JaS.W. Bell for Petitioner. J. H. O’Connor, County Counsel, and S. V. O. Prichard, Assistant County Counsel, for […]

Peoples State Bank v. Imperial Irr. Dist. , 15 Cal.2d 397 [L. A. No. 17248. In Bank. April 16, 1940.] PEOPLES STATE BANK (a Corporation), Appellant, v. IMPERIAL IRRIGATION DISTRICT et al., Respondents. COUNSEL W. Coburn Cook for Appellant. Peter tum Suden, Richard tum Suden, Call, Murphey & Davis, Herman Phleger, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, […]

Johnson v. Fontana County F. P. Dist. , 15 Cal.2d 380 [L. A. No. 17319. In Bank. April 15, 1940.] ROLLAND J. JOHNSON, Appellant, v. FONTANA COUNTY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT (a Body Politic), et al., Respondents. COUNSEL A. J. Getz for Appellant. Jerome B. Kavanaugh, District Attorney, and Swing & Swing for Respondents. Lasher B. […]

Marra v. Aetna Construction Co. , 15 Cal.2d 375 [L. A. No. 16755. In Bank. April 15, 1940.] ANTHONY D. MARRA et al., Respondents, v. AETNA CONSTRUCTION COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL Harold Larson for Appellant. William L. Kuehn and Franz R. Sachse for Respondents. OPINION WASTE, C.J. This is an appeal from a judgment […]

County of Los Angeles v. Morrison , 15 Cal.2d 368 [L. A. No. 16351. In Bank. April 15, 1940.] COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, Respondent, v. MORRISON MORRISON, Executor, etc., Appellant. COUNSEL Golden & Kaufman and A. V. Kaufman for Appellant. Everett W. Mattoon, County Counsel, Douglas De Coster, Chief Deputy County Counsel and Gordon Boller, […]

People v. Dawa , 15 Cal.2d 393 [Crim. No. 4265. In Bank. April 15, 1940.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. VINCENT DAWA, Appellant. COUNSEL John L. Brannely for Appellant. Earl Warren, Attorney-General, and William F. Cleary, Deputy Attorney- General, for Respondent. OPINION CARTER, J. This appeal from a judgment imposing the extreme penalty comes before us […]

Adams v. Cook , 15 Cal.2d 352 [L. A. No. 16844. In Bank. April 12, 1940.] EVART W. ADAMS, et al., Respondents, v. EDNA T. COOK, et al., Defendants; F. P. NEWPORT, et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Lawrence M. Cahill for Appellants. James E. Mahon, Fleming & Robbins and C. S. Tinsman for Respondents. OPINION CURTIS, […]

Gomez v. Cecena , 15 Cal.2d 363 [L. A. No. 16837. In Bank. April 12, 1940.] FRANCES GOMEZ, Appellant, v. ROBERT CECENA et al., Defendants; VICTORIA CECENA, Respondent. COUNSEL Peter J. Youngdahl for Appellant. H. M. Dalton for Respondent. OPINION WASTE, C.J. In this suit to impress a trust upon and quiet title to real […]

Minikin v. Hendrix , 15 Cal.2d 338 [L. A. No. 16187. In Bank. April 12, 1940.] WILLIAM MINIKIN, Respondent, v. FRED HENDRIX, Appellant. COUNSEL James W. Briscoe and Stanley T. Tomlinson for Appellant. W. Stuart Smith for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. This action was brought for a dissolution of partnership; for the appointment of a […]

MacDonnell v. California Lands Inc. , 15 Cal.2d 344 [L. A. No. 16771. In Bank. April 12, 1940.] KATHERINE MacDONNELL, Appellant, v. CALIFORNIA LANDS INC. (a Corporation) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Edgar K. Brown and Leo B. George for Appellant. Keyes & Erskine and Preisker, Goble, Twitchell & Stephan for Respondents. OPINION CURTIS, J. The […]

California Trust Co. v. Gustason , 15 Cal.2d 268 [L. A. No. 16185. In Bank. March 30, 1940.] CALIFORNIA TRUST COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent, v. DAVID G. GUSTASON, Appellant. COUNSEL William G. Condron for Appellant. Swanwick, Donnelly & Proudfit and Donald O. Welton for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, J. Plaintiff sued to quiet title to three […]

Pendleton v. Ferguson , 15 Cal.2d 319 [L. A. No. 16184. In Bank. March 30, 1940.] CHARLES B. PENDLETON, Respondent, v. P. L. FERGUSON et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Arthur F. Larrabee, Randall & Bartlett and Kenneth W. Kearney for Appellants. Ben F. Griffith and Malcolm Archbald for Respondent. OPINION CARTER, J. By this action plaintiff […]

Ray v. Parker , 15 Cal.2d 275 [L. A. No. 17207.?In Bank.?March 30, 1940.] G. S. RAY et al., Respondents, v. W. B. PARKER, as Director of Agriculture, etc., Appellant. COUNSEL Earl Warren, Attorney-General, and Walter L. Bowers, Deputy Attorney- General, for Appellant. Lewis D. Collings and Edward M. Selby for Respondents. Howard B. Crittenden, […]

Estate of Keet , 15 Cal.2d 328 [L. A. No. 16698. In Bank. March 30, 1940.] In the Matter of the Estate of WALTER S. KEET, Deceased. THE FARMERS AND MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK OF LOS ANGELES (a National Banking Association), as Trustee, etc., Appellant, v. GEORGIA KEET YOUNG REED et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Chenoweth & […]

Estate of Gaines , 15 Cal.2d 255 [L. A. No. 17037. In Bank. March 30, 1940.] In the Matter of the Estate of CHARLES A. GAINES, Deceased. FREDERICK ANDREWS, Coexecutor, etc., Appellant, v. CALIFORNIA TRUST COMPANY (a Corporation), Coexecutor, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL J. B. Irsfeld, Douglas Fawcett and James B. Irsfeld, Jr., for Appellant. Eckman […]

Funk v. Campbell , 15 Cal.2d 250 [L. A. No. 17318. In Bank. March 28, 1940.] N. FUNK, Respondent, v. MARY A. CAMPBELL (a Widow) et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Robert Cockins for Appellants. Bender & Cullinan for Respondent. OPINION SHENK, J. Judgment was entered in this action on July 12, 1939, in favor of the […]

Bank of America etc. Assn. v. Reidy , 15 Cal.2d 243 [L. A. No. 16181. In Bank. March 27, 1940.] BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS AND TRUST ASSOCIATION (a National Banking Association), Plaintiff, Cross-Defendant and Respondent, v. P. M. REIDY et al., Defendants, Cross-Defendants and Respondents; HAMMOND LUMBER COMPANY (a Corporation), Defendant, Cross-Complainant […]

Ward v. Ward , 15 Cal.2d 234 [L. A. No. 16839. In Bank. March 26, 1940.] IRVING M. WARD, Respondent, v. FANNY WARD, Appellant. COUNSEL I. Henry Harris, I. Henry Harris, Jr., and John K. Ford for Appellant. David L. Sefman and Jerome D. Rosenfield for Respondent. OPINION SHENK, J. This is an appeal by […]

Knapp v. Knapp , 15 Cal.2d 237 [L. A. No. 17114. In Bank. March 26, 1940.] JOHN H. KNAPP, Appellant, v. CHARLES W. KNAPP et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Ray D. Johnson, Cyril F. Marelia and William T. Eckhoff for Appellant. Childers & Roberts for Respondents. OPINION EDMONDS, J. The appellant asserts that he has a […]

Lawrence v. I. N. Parlier Estate Co. , 15 Cal.2d 220 [L. A. No. 17214. In Bank. March 21, 1940.] LULA G. LAWRENCE et al., Respondents, v. I. N. PARLIER ESTATE COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Hayhurst & Gibson for Appellants. W. M. Conley, Philip Conley, Matthew Conley, R. Z. Lamberson and Conley, […]

Estate of Lampman , 15 Cal.2d 212 [L. A. No. 16866. In Bank. March 13, 1940.] In the Matter of the Estate of JAY B. LAMPMAN, Deceased. MARION L. PITCHER, as Executrix, etc., Appellant, v. HELEN T. LAMPMAN, Respondent. COUNSEL Frank C. Dunham and M. Everett Burton for Appellant. Hahn & Hahn, E. F. Hahn, […]

Southern Pac. Co. v. Superior Court , 15 Cal.2d 206 [L. A. No. 17334. In Bank. March 12, 1940.] SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY (a Corporation), Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent. COUNSEL W. I. Gilbert for Petitioner. J. H. O’Connor, County Counsel, and Douglas De Coster, Deputy County Counsel, for Respondent. OPINION CURTIS, […]