Category: 1941

Easton v. Ash , 18 Cal.2d 530 [L. A. No. 17249. In Bank. Aug. 28, 1941.] CHAS. M. EASTON, Appellant, v. KENNETH K. ASH et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Chas. M. Easton, in pro. per., and Ray Howard for Appellant. Meserve, Mumper, Hughes & Robertson, Meserve, Mumper & Hughes, Leo E. Anderson and James A. Hall […]

Estate of Janes , 18 Cal.2d 512 [L. A. No. 17219. In Bank. Aug. 27, 1941.] Estate of HARRY C. JANES, Deceased. IVA A. VROOM, Appellant, v. DOROTHY LEE JANES CURTISS, Respondent. COUNSEL S. S. Hahn and W. O. Graf for Appellant. Leo V. Youngworth and J. Harold Decker for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. This […]

Fleming v. Bennett , 18 Cal.2d 518 [Sac. Nos. 5420, 5447.?In Bank.?Aug. 27, 1941.] J. J. FLEMING et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. J. R. BENNETT et al., Defendants and Respondents; A. C. BARHAM et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Williamson & Wallace, Charles E. Greenfield, Jr., and Willard F. Williamson for Appellants. Grover C. Julian, J. […]

Fleming v. Bennett , 18 Cal.2d 888 [Sac. No. 5447. In Bank. Aug. 27, 1941.] J. J. FLEMING et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. J. R. BENNETT et al., Defendants and Respondents; A. C. BARHAM et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Williamson & Wallace and W. F. Williamson for Appellants. C. C. Carleton, Spencer Burroughs, C. T. […]

O’BRYAN v. SUPERIOR COURT , 18 Cal.2d 490 [L. A. No. 17771. In Bank. Aug. 25, 1941.] LILLIAN MAE O’BRYAN, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Eckman & Lindstrom for Petitioner. Cosgrove & O’Neil, John M. Clayton, J. H. O’Connor, County Counsel, Douglas DeCoster, Deputy County Counsel, Marshall […]

Martin v. California Mutual B. & L. Assn. , 18 Cal.2d 478 [S. F. No. 16004. In Bank. Aug. 25, 1941.] LENALA A. MARTIN et al., Respondents, v. CALIFORNIA MUTUAL BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION (a Corporation) et al., Appellants. (And consolidated actions.) COUNSEL Walter Carrington, D. T. Jenkins, Patrick J. Kearns and James C. Engebretsen […]

Brainard v. De La Montanya , 18 Cal.2d 502 [Sac. No. 5389. In Bank. Aug. 25, 1941.] G. W. BRAINARD, as Trustee in Bankruptcy, etc., Appellant, v. PIERRE DE LA MONTANYA et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Grant H. Wren, Clarence A. Shuey and Arthur L. Shannon for Appellant. John Ralph Wilson, Bertrand F. Lurie and Nathan […]

Adams v. California Mutual B. & L. Assn. , 18 Cal.2d 487 [S. F. No. 16417. In Bank. Aug. 25, 1941.] A. W. ADAMS et al., Appellants, v. CALIFORNIA MUTUAL BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION (a Corporation) et al., Respondents. JOHN J. BYL et al., Appellants, v. CALIFORNIA MUTUAL BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION (a Corporation) et […]

Smith v. Smith , 18 Cal.2d 462 [L. A. No. 17965. In Bank. Aug. 20, 1941.] LOUCILLE RAWLEIGH SMITH, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. QUENTIN ROLAND SMITH, Appellant; SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL George Stahlman, Harry Duckett and Morriss Lavine for Appellant. Arthur Wm. Green, J. H. O’Connor, County Counsel, and […]

Will v. Southern Pacific Co. , 18 Cal.2d 468 [L. A. No. 17862. In Bank. Aug. 20, 1941.] LARRY WILL et al., Appellants, v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL Frank J. Barry, Leonard W. Hartigan and Patrick Henry Ford for Appellants. W. I. Gilbert, Frank Karr, C. W. Cornell and O. O. Collins […]

Keener v. Keener , 18 Cal.2d 445 [L. A. No. 16881. In Bank. Aug. 19, 1941.] A. L. KEENER, Appellant, v. NELLIE D. KEENER, Respondent. COUNSEL Jerrell Babb for Appellant. Roy J. Farr for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. Plaintiff filed an action for divorce on the ground of desertion against defendant to whom he had […]

People v. Clark , 18 Cal.2d 449 [Crim. No. 4343. In Bank. Aug. 19, 1941.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. DEWEY CLARK et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Frank G. Warren and Harold Wyatt for Appellants. Earl Warren, Attorney General, J. Q. Brown, Deputy Attorney General, Raymond M. Dunne, District Attorney, and Donald D. Boscoe, Deputy District Attorney, […]

Walsh v. Walsh , 18 Cal.2d 439 [L. A. No. 17863. In Bank. Aug. 18, 1941.] JOHN R. WALSH, Appellant, v. MIRIAM C. WALSH, Respondent. COUNSEL Roland Rich Woolley and Joseph F. Rank for Appellant. Robert W. Kenny, Morris E. Cohn and Max Sisenwein for Respondent. OPINION CURTIS, J. This is an appeal from a […]

LOEW’S INCORPORATED v. SUPERIOR COURT , 18 Cal.2d 419 [L. A. No. 17812. In Bank. Aug. 14, 1941.] LOEW’S INCORPORATED (a Corporation) et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent. COUNSEL Loeb & Loeb and Herman F. Selvin for Petitioners. J. H. O’Connor, County Counsel, Douglas DeCoster, Deputy County Counsel, and […]

Seeger v. Odell , 18 Cal.2d 409 [L. A. No. 17462. In Bank. Aug. 12, 1941.] NETTIE L. SEEGER et al., Appellants, v. A. J. ODELL et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Daniel A. Knapp and Fred A. Wilbur for Appellants. Louis N. Whealton, Wm. H. Neblett, B. H. Neblett and E. Walter Guthrie for Respondents. OPINION […]

Goldenberg v. Wilner , 18 Cal.2d 399 [L. A. No. 17897. In Bank. Aug 7, 1941.] JOE GOLDENBERG, Appellant, v. MORRIS WILNER et al., Respondents. COUNSEL John M. Dvorin and Prentiss Moore for Appellant. Harriet Pugh for Respondents. OPINION SHENK, J. The plaintiff appealed from a judgment entered upon an order sustaining the defendants’ demurrer […]

Guardianship of Hudelson , 18 Cal.2d 401 [Sac. No. 5395. In Bank. Aug. 7, 1941.] Guardianship of the Person and Estate of FORREST M. HUDELSON, an Incompetent Person. THIRZA L. HUDELSON, Appellant, v. BEN W. HUDELSON, as Guardian, etc., et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Mark A. Joseph for Appellant. Frank B. Collier and Hawkins, Hawkins & […]

Baumann v. Bedford , 18 Cal.2d 366 [L. A. No. 16879. In Bank. July 31, 1941.] ANNA BAUMANN et al., Respondents, v. HENRY G. BEDFORD et al., Appellants. COUNSEL C. E. Spencer and Henry O. Wackerbarth for Appellants. Thomas F. McCue for Respondents. OPINION CURTIS, J. This is an appeal from an order appointing a […]

Goes v. Perry , 18 Cal.2d 373 [L. A. No. 16873. In Bank. July 31, 1941.] B. W. GOES, Plaintiff, v. WILL H. PERRY, Appellant; ANNA BAUMANN, Respondent. COUNSEL C. E. Spencer for Appellant. Thomas F. McCue for Respondent. OPINION CURTIS, J. The appeal in this action is from an order appointing a receiver of […]

Everett v. Davis , 18 Cal.2d 389 [L. A. No. 16618. In Bank. July 31, 1941.] CLARENCE A. EVERETT, Respondent, v. JOHN A. DAVIS et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Chas. F. Blackstock for Appellants. Durley & Downes and Henry C. Downes for Respondent. OPINION EDMONDS, J. The appellants were enjoined from erecting or maintaining certain fences […]

Rice v. Schmid , 18 Cal.2d 382 [L. A. No. 17840. In Bank. July 31, 1941.] R. L. RICE, Appellant, v. AUGUSTA SCHMID, as Administratrix, etc., et al., Respondents. COUNSEL H. M. Lineman, Mab Copland Lineman and Benjamin Lewis for Appellant. W. W. Wallace and Michael Lavelle for Respondents. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. Plaintiff recovered judgment […]

Acker v. Baldwin , 18 Cal.2d 341 [L. A. No. 16619. In Bank. July 30, 1941.] IVAN R. ACKER, Respondent, v. R. O. BALDWIN et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Everett W. Mattoon and J. H. O’Connor, County Counsel, and Beach Vasey and Edward H. Gaylord, Deputy County Counsel, for Appellants. Sparling & Teel and Courtney A. […]

Housing Authority v. Superior Court , 18 Cal.2d 336 [S. F. No. 16572. In Bank. July 30, 1941.] HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ALAMEDA COUNTY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Bernard J. Abrott for Petitioner. Alfred Nelson for Respondents. OPINION SHENK, J. Housing Authority of the city […]

People v. Skinner , 18 Cal.2d 349 [Sac. No. 5360. In Bank. July 30, 1941.] THE PEOPLE, Appellant, v. ROY J. SKINNER, Respondent. COUNSEL Earl Warren, Attorney-General, H. H. Linney, James J. Arditto, Valentine A. Brookes and Adrian A. Kragen, Deputies Attorney-General, and Roger J. Traynor for Appellant. Norman Elkington for Respondent. Eugene H. O’Donnell, […]

Russill v. State Bar , 18 Cal.2d 321 [L. A. No. 17773. In Bank. July 28, 1941.] LOUIS P. RUSSILL, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL Samuel S. Adler for Petitioner. Norman A. Bailie, Claude Minard and Jonathan H. Rowell for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. This is a proceeding to review the […]