Category: 1941

Asbury Rapid T. System v. Railroad Commission , 18 Cal.2d 105 [S. F. No. 16506. In Bank. June 18, 1941.] ASBURY RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM (a Corporation), Petitioner, v. THE RAILROAD COMMISSION et al., Respondents. [S. F. No. 16507. In Bank. June 18, 1941.] CITY OF LOS ANGELES (a Municipal Corporation), Petitioner, v. THE RAILROAD COMMISSION, […]

Jentick v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co. , 18 Cal.2d 117 [S. F. No. 16525. In Bank. June 18, 1941.] JOSEPH JENTICK et al., Respondents, v. PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL Thos. J. Straub, W. H. Spaulding and John J. Briare for Appellant. Francis Gill, John Langer and Glikbarg, Wolf & […]

Hansen v. Town of Antioch , 18 Cal.2d 110 [S. F. No. 16228. In Bank. June 18, 1941.] R. A. HANSEN, Appellant, v. TOWN OF ANTIOCH (a Municipal Corporation) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Henderson & Henderson and J. W. Henderson for Appellant. John Sutton for Respondents. OPINION SHENK, J. The plaintiff appealed from a judgment […]

Howaldt v. Superior Court , 18 Cal.2d 114 [S. F. No. 16550. In Bank. June 18, 1941.] MARIE SOPHIE HOWALDT et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Respondent. COUNSEL I. F. Chapman and Tom F. Chapman for Petitioners. Henry F. Boyen and Frank J. Fontes for Respondent. […]

Guilliams v. Hollywood Hospital , 18 Cal.2d 97 [L. A. No. 17743. In Bank. June 17, 1941.] ANDREW E. GUILLIAMS, Appellant, v. HOLLYWOOD HOSPITAL (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL Morris Lavine for Appellant. Fred O. Reed and Richard L. Kirtland for Respondents. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. This is an appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court […]

Sontag Chain Stores Co. v. Superior Court , 18 Cal.2d 92 [L. A. No. 17770. In Bank. May 29, 1941.] SONTAG CHAIN STORES CO., LTD. (a Corporation), Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent. COUNSEL Loeb & Loeb for Petitioner. J. H. O’Connor, County Counsel, Douglas DeCoster, Deputy County Counsel, and Rosecrans […]

Parker v. Riley , 18 Cal.2d 83 [S. F. No. 16519. In Bank. May 29, 1941.] W. B. PARKER, as Chairman of the California Commission on Interstate Cooperation et al., Petitioners, v. HARRY B. RILEY, as Controller, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Charles Josef Carey, Fred B. Wood, Arthur McHenry and Martin McDonough for Petitioners. Earl Warren, […]

Whitley v. Superior Court , 18 Cal.2d 75 [L. A. No. 17793. In Bank. May 28, 1941.] MABLE WHITLEY, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Merritt D. Jergins and Simon Miller for Petitioner. J. H. O’Connor, County Counsel, Douglas DeCoster, Deputy County Counsel, Joseph A. Ball and Frank […]

Suspension of Hickman , 18 Cal.2d 71 [S. F. No. 16452. In Bank. May 14, 1941.] Suspension of GEORGE W. HICKMAN (an Attorney at Law). COUNSEL Louis R. Deadrich and Deadrich & Spencer for Petitioner. Claude Minard for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. This is a petition to vacate and set aside the suspension of George […]

Consolidated Printing & Pub. Co. v. Allen , 18 Cal.2d 63 [L. A. No. 17878. In Bank. May 12, 1941.] CONSOLIDATED PRINTING AND PUBLISHING CO. (a Corporation), Petitioner, v. WAYNE ALLEN, as County Purchasing Agent, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Frank P. Doherty, William R. Gallagher, Frank W. Doherty, Kenneth K. Wright, Hill, Morgan & Bledsoe and […]

Prime v. State Bar , 18 Cal.2d 56 [S. F. No. 16541. In Bank. May 2, 1941.] SPENCER G. PRIME, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL Ernest Spagnoli for Petitioner. Hartley Peart and Claude Minard for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. This is a proceeding to review a recommendation of the Board of […]

Associated Indemnity Corp. v. Industrial Acc. Com. , 18 Cal.2d 40 [S. F. No. 16513. In Bank. April 30, 1941.] ASSOCIATED INDEMNITY CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION and BOYDEN MACFIE, Respondents. COUNSEL Purvis, Jakobsen & Kennedy and Burbank, Laumeister & Littler for Petitioner. Everett A. Corten for Respondents. OPINION CARTER, J. Petitioner seeks annulment […]

Steiner v. Amsel , 18 Cal.2d 48 [L. A. No. 17042. In Bank. April 30, 1941.] ROSA STEINER, Respondent, v. IRMA AMSEL, as Administratrix, etc., et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Stewart, Shaw & Murphey and Arvin B. Shaw, Jr., for Appellants. Swafield & Swafield, Kenneth Sperry and Joseph E. Madden for Respondent. OPINION SHENK, J. By […]

Moura v. State Bar , 18 Cal.2d 31 [S. F. No. 16540. In Bank. April 29, 1941.] ALBERTO MOURA, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL Alberto Moura, in pro. per., and Chauncey Tramutolo for Petitioner. Felix T. Smith and Claude Minard for Respondent. [18 Cal.2d 32] OPINION THE COURT. The recommendation of […]

Imperial Ice Co. v. Rossier , 18 Cal.2d 33 [L. A. No. 16558. In Bank. April 29, 1941.] IMPERIAL ICE COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant, v. WAYNE ROSSIER et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Earl E. Moss and Everett A. Hart for Appellant. M. Tellefson for Respondents. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. The California Consumers Company purchased from S. L. […]

Estate of Henderson , 17 Cal.2d 853 [L. A. No. 17365. In Bank. April 28, 1941.] Estate of ELLA M. HENDERSON, Deceased. BESSIE PECK, Executrix, etc., Respondent, v. EASTERN STAR HOMES OF CALIFORNIA (a Corporation), Appellant; LEON McGARY et al., Heirs and Respondents. COUNSEL Argabrite & Elver for Appellant. Lawrence Edwards and Charles H. Epperson […]

People v. Lininger , 17 Cal.2d 851 [Crim. No. 4344. In Bank. April 28, 1941.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. JOHN LININGER, Appellant. COUNSEL C. C. Barkley for Appellant. Earl Warren, Attorney-General, and J. Q. Brown, Deputy Attorney-General, for Respondent. OPINION EDMONDS, J. [1] The appellant pleaded guilty to the crime of murder and following a […]

Haupt v. Charlie’s Kosher Market , 17 Cal.2d 873 [L. A. Nos. 16948, 16949.?In Bank.?April 25, 1941.] WILLIAM H. HAUPT, Appellant, v. CHARLIE’S KOSHER MARKET et al., Respondents. COUNSEL William Haupt, in pro. per., and Charles W. Cradick for Appellant. De Forrest Home, E. O. Leake and J. J. Leake for Respondents. [17 Cal.2d 874] […]

HAUPT v. CHARLIE’S KOSHER MARKET , 17 Cal.2d 843 [L. A. No. 16957. In Bank. April 25, 1941.] WILLIAM H. HAUPT, Respondent, v. CHARLIE’S KOSHER MARKET et al., Defendants; LUCRETIA M. WHITEHEAD, Appellant. COUNSEL E. O. Leake and J. J. Leake for Appellant. William H. Haupt, in pro. per., and Charles W. Cradick for Respondent. […]

Bittinger v. New York Life Ins. Co. , 17 Cal.2d 834 [L. A. No. 17756. In Bank. April 24, 1941.] ADALYN B. BITTINGER, Appellant, v. NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL Joe Crider, Jr., and Clarence B. Runkle for Appellant. Meserve, Mumper & Hughes and E. Avery Crary for Respondent. OPINION CURTIS, […]

National R. Co. v. Metropolitan T. Co. , 17 Cal.2d 827 [L. A. No. 17753. In Bank. April 24, 1941.] NATIONAL RESERVE COMPANY OF AMERICA (a Corporation), Appellant, v. METROPOLITAN TRUST COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL Hill, Morgan & Bledsoe, Charles P. McCarthy and William L. Baugh, Jr., for Appellant. Burr & Smith, […]

San Francisco v. San Mateo , 17 Cal.2d 814 [S. F. No. 16074. In Bank. April 24, 1941.] CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO (a Municipal Corporation), Appellant, v. COUNTY OF SAN MATEO et al., Respondents. COUNSEL John J. O’Toole, City Attorney and Dion R. Holm, Assistant City Attorney, for Appellant. T. P. Wittschen, Thos. […]

Brochier v. Brochier , 17 Cal.2d 822 [L. A. No. 16768. In Bank. April 24, 1941.] MAY BROCHIER, Respondent, v. DORVILLE J. BROCHIER, Appellant. COUNSEL Richard Kittrelle, Hare & Walden and Robert E. O’Neill for Appellant. [17 Cal.2d 823] Marion P. Betty for Respondent. OPINION CARTER, J. This is an appeal from an order denying […]

Kuhlman v. Pacific States S. & L. Co. , 17 Cal.2d 820 [L. A. No. 16415. In Bank. April 24, 1941.] MARY E. KUHLMAN, Appellant, v. PACIFIC STATES SAVINGS AND LOAN COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Halverson & Halverson and George Halverson for Appellant. John L. Mace and Mace & Tuthill for Respondents. […]

People v. Hawk , 17 Cal.2d 812 [Crim. No. 4337. In Bank. April 23, 1941.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. ELDON RICHARD HAWK, Appellant. COUNSEL Neal Chalmers and A. R. Dunn for Appellant. Earl Warren, Attorney-General, and J. Q. Brown, Deputy Attorney-General, for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. In an information filed by the district attorney of […]