Category: 1941

Fageol T. & C. Co. v. Pacific Indemnity Co. , 18 Cal.2d 748 [S. F. No. 16604. In Bank. Oct. 10, 1941.] FAGEOL TRUCK & COACH CO. (a Corporation), Respondent, v. PACIFIC INDEMNITY COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon and Kirke LaShelle for Appellant. Fitzgerald, Abbott & Beardsley and Edward B. Kelly […]

Kleiber v. City etc. of San Francisco , 18 Cal.2d 718 [S. F. No. 16487. In Bank. Oct. 8, 1941.] ANTONIA KLEIBER, Appellant, v. CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Charles A. Christin and T. J. Keegan for Appellant. John J. O’Toole, City Attorney, Walter A. Dold, Chief Deputy City Attorney, […]

Allen v. McKinley , 18 Cal.2d 697 [S. F. No. 16579. In Bank. Oct. 3, 1941.] P. G. ALLEN et al., Respondents, v. HOWARD M. McKINLEY et al., Appellants. COUNSEL John J. O’Toole, City Attorney, Thomas P. Slevin and Norman Sanford Wolff, Deputies City Attorney, and L. R. Bunney for Appellants. Grover O’Connor for Respondents. […]

Rhodehamel v. Civil Service Board , 18 Cal.2d 709 [S. F. No. 16580. In Bank. Oct. 3, 1941.] HARRY RHODEHAMEL, Appellant, v. CIVIL SERVICE BOARD OF THE CITY OF OAKLAND et al., Respondents. COUNSEL J. Paul St. Sure and Edward H. Moore for Appellant. F. B. Fernhoff, City Attorney, and John W. Collier, Assistant City […]

People v. Stangler , 18 Cal.2d 688 [Crim. No. 4359. In Bank. October 3, 1941.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. RUDOLPH STANGLER, Appellant. COUNSEL Walter C. Harbert, S. C. Stoner and Stanley Visel for Appellant. [18 Cal.2d 690] Earl Warren, Attorney General, and Gilbert F. Nelson and Bayard Rhone, Deputies Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION SHENK, […]

Hennessy v. State Bar , 18 Cal.2d 685 [S. F. No. 16593. In Bank. Oct. 2, 1941.] HAROLD C. HENNESSY, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL Franklyn M. O’Brien for Petitioner. W. Eugene Craven and Delger Trowbridge for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. In October, 1940, the petitioner, an attorney at law admitted […]

Pearlin v. State Bar , 18 Cal.2d 682 [L. A. No. 17914. In Bank. Oct. 1, 1941.] PAUL PEARLIN, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL Paul Pearlin, in pro. per., for Petitioner. W. Eugene Craven for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. Petitioner was cited to appear before a local administrative committee of The […]

Haigler v. Donnelly , 18 Cal.2d 674 [L. A. No. 17916. In Bank. Oct. 1, 1941.] C. F. HAIGLER et al., Respondents, v. DOTTIE DELPHY DONNELLY et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Henry S. Cohen and Bernard B. Cohen for Appellants. W. W. Comstock and H. A. Finkenstein for Respondents. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. Plaintiffs owned a furnished […]

Pearlin v. State Bar , 18 Cal.2d 682 [L. A. No. 17914. In Bank. Oct. 1, 1941.] PAUL PEARLIN, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL Paul Pearlin, in pro. per., for Petitioner. W. Eugene Craven for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. Petitioner was cited to appear before a local administrative committee of The […]

Bruns v. State Bar , 18 Cal.2d 667 [L. A. No. 17850. In Bank. Oct. 1, 1941.] PAUL H. BRUNS, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL Paul H. Bruns in pro. per., L. J. Styskal and M. E. Barth for Petitioner. W. Eugene Craven and Joe Crider, Jr., for Respondent. [18 Cal.2d […]

Childress v. Peterson , 18 Cal.2d 636 [L. A. No. 17921. In Bank. Sept. 30, 1941.] MRS. BEULA F. CHILDRESS et al., Respondents, v. JOHN T. PETERSON, Individually and as Chief of Police, etc., et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Dayton L. Ault, City Attorney, and Morey S. Levenson and J. H. McKinney, Deputies City Attorney, for […]

Fox v. Fox , 18 Cal.2d 645 [L. A. No. 16628. In Bank. Sept. 30, 1941.] ALBERT J. FOX, Appellant, v. MARGUERITE FOX, Respondent. COUNSEL Carl W. Faucett for Appellant. Samuel Marks for Respondent. [18 Cal.2d 646] OPINION EDMONDS, J. Although the plaintiff was awarded an interlocutory decree of divorce upon a complaint charging his […]

County of San Bernardino v. Way , 18 Cal.2d 647 [L. A. No. 17869. In Bank. Sept. 30, 1941.] COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO, Petitioner, v. HOWARD L. WAY, as County Surveyor, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Jerome B. Kavanaugh, District Attorney, Albert E. Weller, Chief Deputy District Attorney, O’Melveny & Myers, James L. Beebe and Ray H. […]

Kennedy v. Occidental Life Ins. Co. , 18 Cal.2d 627 [L. A. No. 17922. In Bank. Sept. 24, 1941.] LAWRENCE KENNEDY, as Guardian, etc., Appellant, v. OCCIDENTAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL L. M. Linneman and Lawrence Kennedy for Appellant. W. M. Conley, Philip Conley, Matthew Conley and Conley, Conley & Conley for […]

Estate of Krause , 18 Cal.2d 623 [L. A. No. 16906. In Bank. Sept. 23, 1941.] Estate of ORRIE EMMA KRAUSE, Deceased. JOHN KRAUSE, Appellant, v. V. STANLEY DODGE, Respondent. COUNSEL Joseph Musgrove, Fred O. McGirr and Thomas H. Cannan for Appellant. Hansen & Sweeney for Respondent. OPINION PULLEN, J., pro tem. This appeal is […]

Betty v. Superior Court , 18 Cal.2d 619 [L. A. No. 17892. In Bank. Sept. 22, 1941.] MARION P. BETTY, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Marion P. Betty, in pro. per., and Porter C. Blackburn for Petitioner. Benjamin Chipkin for Respondents. OPINION EDMONDS, J. In this proceeding […]

Warden v. Welch , 18 Cal.2d 616 [L. A. No. 17100. In Bank. Sept. 13, 1941.] ROBERT P. WARDEN, Appellant, v. ROSS WELCH et al., Defendants; SIMON SVENSRUD et al., Respondents. COUNSEL J. Everett Brown for Appellant. Arch H. Vernon, Earl E. Johnson and Lawrence L. Otis for Respondents. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. This action was […]

Commercial Discount Co. v. Cowen , 18 Cal.2d 610 [L. A. No. 17888. In Bank. Sept. 10, 1941.] COMMERCIAL DISCOUNT COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant, v. O. L. COWEN, Respondent. COUNSEL Chapman & Chapman for Appellant. [18 Cal.2d 612] Fred A. Wilson for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. This cause was taken over after decision by the […]

Cotten v. Perishable Air Conditioners , 18 Cal.2d 575 [L. A. No. 17943. In Bank. Sept. 3, 1941.] CHARLES D. COTTEN, a Minor, etc., et al., Appellants, v. PERISHABLE AIR CONDITIONERS (a Copartnership) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL August J. O’Connor and George J. Hider for Appellants. R. R. Sleeper and Monta W. Shirley for Respondents. […]

Kacsur v. Board of Trustees , 18 Cal.2d 586 [L. A. No. 17898. In Bank. Sept. 3, 1941.] ELEANOR ROEHR KACSUR, Appellant, v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF SOUTH WHITTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Respondents. [L. A. No. 17899. In Bank. Sept. 3, 1941.] THELMA WEAGLEY HILL, Appellant, v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF SOUTH WHITTIER […]

Horton v. Horton , 18 Cal.2d 579 [L. A. No. 16139. In Bank. Sept. 3, 1941.] JOHN F. HORTON, Appellant, v. CALLIE ELLA HORTON, Respondent. COUNSEL Talbot & Hornaday and Franklin P. Bull for Appellant. Joseph W. Ryan and Harvey H. Myers for Respondent. OPINION CURTIS, J. In this action in equity to set aside […]

Stanton v. Pratt , 18 Cal.2d 599 [L. A. No. 16071. In Bank. Sept. 3, 1941.] HENRY STANTON, Respondent, v. OTHELLO F. PRATT, Appellant. COUNSEL Michael F. Shannon, Thomas A. Wood and Charles W. Wolfe for Appellant. Perry F. Backus and Roger S. Page for Respondent. OPINION SHENK, J. This appeal from a judgment for […]

Steele v. Bartlett , 18 Cal.2d 573 [S. F. No. 16658. In Bank. Sept. 2, 1941.] CARL D. STEELE, Petitioner, v. ALBERT H. BARTLETT, as City Clerk, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Perry G. Briney and R. S. Riddle for Petitioner. John E. McCall, City Attorney, for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. Mandamus to compel the respondent city […]

O’DAY v. SUPERIOR COURT , 18 Cal.2d 540 [L. A. No. 17598. In Bank. Aug. 29, 1941.] HENRY J. O’DAY et al., v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Claud B. Andrews, John Leo Harris, W. Earl Shafer and Mosher & Shafer for Petitioner. J. H. O’Connor, County Counsel, J. […]

Irelan-Yuba etc. Min. Co. v. Pacific G. & E. , 18 Cal.2d 557 [Sac. No. 5444. In Bank. Aug. 29, 1941.] IRELAN-YUBA GOLD QUARTZ MINING COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Defendant and Appellant; THE SOCORRO MINES, INCORPORATED (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL Wm. […]