Category: 1941

Buckman v. Board of Supervisors , 37 Cal.2d 305 [L. A. No. 21855. In Bank. May 25, 1951.] ELSIE BUCKMAN, Appellant, v. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Martin Polin for Appellant. H. C. Grundell, District Attorney, and Kingsley T. Hoegstedt, Deputy District Attorney, for Respondents. [37 […]

Estate of Coffee , 19 Cal.2d 248 [L. A. No. 17663. In Bank. Dec. 31, 1941.] Estate of HARRY COFFEE, Deceased. ANNA COFFEE, Individually and as Executrix, etc., Respondent, v. HARRY B. RILEY, State Controller, Appellant. COUNSEL James W. Hickey, Inheritance Tax Attorney, and Alvin P. Jacobs, Assistant Inheritance Tax Attorney, for Appellant. Dearing & […]

Briviesca v. Coronado , 19 Cal.2d 244 [L. A. No. 17152. In Bank. Dec. 30, 1941.] ANDREA BRIVIESCA, as Administratrix, etc., Appellant, v. ROSARIO CORONADO, Respondent. COUNSEL John H. Myers for Appellant. Gordon P. Shallenberger for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. Plaintiff, administratrix of the estate of Luz Briviesca, brought this action to quiet title to […]

Richards v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. , 19 Cal.2d 236 [L. A. No. 18023. In Bank. Dec. 29, 1941.] ADDIE B. RICHARDS, Appellant, v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL Rodney F. Williams, Charles A. Son and Joseph D. Taylor for Appellant. Chase, Barnes & Chase and Laurence A. Peters for Respondent. McConnell […]

Jalof v. Robbins , 19 Cal.2d 233 [L. A. No. 18024. In Bank. Dec. 22, 1941.] WILLIAM R. JALOF, Respondent, v. HARRY ROBBINS et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Samuel W. Newman, Meyer M. Willner and Earl I. Swetow for Appellants. Robert M. Clarke and Dixie Dunnigan for Respondent. OPINION EDMONDS, J. During the trial of the […]

Blackburn v. Home Life Ins. Co. , 19 Cal.2d 226 [L. A. No. 17495. In Bank. Dec. 22, 1941.] HOWARD W. BLACKBURN, Appellant, v. HOME LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL Arthur Rosenblum and Fred Horowitz for Appellant. Loeb & Loeb, Herman F. Selvin and William Marshall Bullitt for Respondent. OPINION […]

Van Denburgh v. Goodfellow , 19 Cal.2d 217 [L. A. No. 16742. In Bank. Dec. 19, 1941.] HARRY G. VAN DENBURGH, as Administrator, etc., Appellant, v. WALTER V. GOODFELLOW et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Oscar S. Elvrum and Girard F. Baker for Appellant. Otto A. Gerth for Respondents. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. On August 15, 1935, plaintiff […]

Bastajian v. Brown , 19 Cal.2d 209 [L. A. No. 16671. In Bank. Dec. 19, 1941.] S. B. BASTAJIAN, as Administrator With the Will Annexed, etc., Appellant, v. JAMES E. BROWN et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Astor Elmassian, C. P. Von Herzen, George C. Woods, Frank S. Hutton and Paul Vallee for Appellant. Pfanstiel & Fox […]

Hall v. City of Los Angeles , 19 Cal.2d 198 [L. A. No. 17952. In Bank. Dec. 18, 1941.] MARY E. HALL, Appellant, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES (a Municipal Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL Porter C. Blackburn for Appellant. Ray L. Chesebro, City Attorney, Frederick von Schrader, Assistant City Attorney, and Norman Brand, Louis A. Babior […]

United States v. Superior Court , 19 Cal.2d 189 [S. F. No. 16489. In Bank. Dec. 17, 1941.] UNITED STATES OF AMERICA et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL William Fleet Palmer, United States Attorney, William F. Hall and Walter M. Campbell, Assistants United States Attorney, Ivan […]

Treasure I. C. Co. v. State Board of Equal , 19 Cal.2d 181 [Sac. No. 5456. In Bank. Dec. 17, 1941.] TREASURE ISLAND CATERING CO., INC. (a Corporation), Respondent, v. STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION, Appellant. COUNSEL Earl Warren, Attorney General, and H. H. Linney and Adrian A. Kragen, Deputies Attorney General, for Appellant. Oscar Samuels […]

Johnson v. Griffith , 19 Cal.2d 176 [L. A. No. 17998. In Bank. Dec. 15, 1941.] ALTON L. JOHNSON, an Incompetent Person, etc., Respondent, v. ERNEST EDWARD GRIFFITH et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Jerrell Babb for Appellants. W. I. Gilbert, Jr., Jean Wunderlich and Donn B. Downen, Jr., for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. This is an […]

Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. v. Johnson , 19 Cal.2d 162 [Sac. No. 5416. In Bank. Dec. 15, 1941.] CHICAGO BRIDGE & IRON COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent, v. CHARLES G. JOHNSON, as State Treasurer, etc., Appellant. COUNSEL Earl Warren, Attorney General, H. H. Linney and Adrian A. Kragen, Deputies Attorney General, and F. S. Wahrhaftig […]

Jones v. Clark , 19 Cal.2d 156 [L. A. No. 17315. In Bank. Dec. 9, 1941.] HELEN BOULTON JONES, Respondent, v. WILLIAM J. CLARK, as Executor, etc., et al., Appellants. COUNSEL H. S. Farrell for Appellants. R. D. Wickham for Respondent. OPINION CURTIS, J. The defendants prosecute this appeal from a judgment enforcing a written […]

Fifth Street Building v. McColgan , 19 Cal.2d 143 [L. A. No. 17737. In Bank. Dec. 5, 1941.] FIFTH STREET BUILDING (a Corporation), Respondent, v. CHARLES J. McCOLGAN, as Franchise Tax Commissioner, etc., Appellant. COUNSEL Earl Warren, Attorney General, and H. H. Linney and Valentine Brookes, Deputies Attorney General, for Appellant. Flint & Mackay and […]

Owen v. Cohen , 19 Cal.2d 147 [L. A. No. 17917. In Bank. Dec. 5, 1941.] ROSS OWEN, Respondent, v. ISRAEL COHEN, Appellant. COUNSEL Michael F. Shannon, Thomas A. Wood and Charles W. Wolfe for Appellant. LeRoy B. Lorenz for Respondent. OPINION CURTIS, J. This is an action in equity brought for the dissolution of […]

Powers Farms v. Consolidated Irr. Dist. , 19 Cal.2d 123 [L. A. No. 17901. In Bank. Dec. 3, 1941.] POWERS FARMS, INC. (a Corporation), Respondent, v. CONSOLIDATED IRRIGATION DISTRICT, Appellant. COUNSEL Harris, Willey & Harris, Ronald B. Harris and Everett G. Harris for Appellant. Harry W. Horton, Arvin B. Shaw, Jr., P. Jack Minasian, Thomas […]

Davis v. East Contra Costa Irr. Dist. , 19 Cal.2d 140 [S. F. No. 16586. In Bank. Dec. 3, 1941.] ANDREW M. DAVIS, JR., et al., Appellants, v. EAST CONTRA COSTA IRRIGATION DISTRICT, Respondent. COUNSEL Lloyd W. Dinkelspiel, Donald W. Falconer and Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe for Appellants. A. L. Cowell, Stephen W. Downey […]

Wilson v. Walters , 19 Cal.2d 111 [L. A. No. 17792. In Bank. Dec. 2, 1941.] EDITH MAUD WILSON, Appellant, v. BYRON J. WALTERS, Respondent. COUNSEL W. Cloyd Snyder for Appellant. Pierson & Block for Respondent. OPINION CARTER, J. Plaintiff, as a judgment creditor of defendant, complied with the provisions of section 710 of the […]

Standard Oil Co. v. Johnson , 19 Cal.2d 104 [Sac. No. 5493. In Bank. Nov. 29, 1941.] STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA (a Corporation), Appellant, v. CHARLES G. JOHNSON, as State Treasurer, Respondent. COUNSEL Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, Felix T. Smith, Sigvald Nielson and Frank J. Kockritz, Jr., for Appellant. Earl Warren, Attorney General, and […]

Security-First National Bank v. Marxen , 19 Cal.2d 100 [L. A. No. 17284. In Bank. Nov. 27, 1941.] SECURITY-FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF LOS ANGELES (a National Banking Association) Respondent, v. EDWARD H. MARXEN, as Trustee in Bankruptcy, etc., et al., Defendants; LA MONICA DANCE HALL, INC. (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL L. R. Brigham and H. […]

Hinds v. State Bar , 19 Cal.2d 87 [L. A. No. 18019. In Bank. Nov. 25, 1941.] MILLER K. F. HINDS, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL Miller K. F. Hinds, in pro. per., for Petitioner. W. Eugene Craven for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. This is a proceeding to review the record […]

California Federal Savings & Loan Assn. v. Allen , 19 Cal.2d 85 [L. A. No. 17736. In Bank. Nov. 25, 1941.] CALIFORNIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION (a Corporation), Appellant, v. R. E. ALLEN, Commissioner of the Superior Court, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Edgerton & Colwell for Appellant. R. E. Allen, in pro. per., for Respondent. […]

Moore v. Vandermast, Inc. , 19 Cal.2d 94 [L. A. No. 17265. In Bank. Nov. 25, 1941.] WALTER L. MOORE, Appellant, v. VANDERMAST, INC. (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL Harvey & Harvey and Jack J. Rimel for Appellant. Drumm, Tucker & Drumm and Forgy, Reinhaus & Forgy for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. This action was brought […]

Hammell v. Britton , 19 Cal.2d 72 [L. A. No. 17012. In Bank. Nov. 25, 1941.] D. C. HAMMELL, Appellant, v. JOHN H. BRITTON, Individually and as Administrator, etc., et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Thomas H. Hearn and L. H. Pemberton for Appellant. Leland J. Allen for Respondents. OPINION CARTER, J. This action is one for […]