Category: 1941

McCreery v. McColgan , 17 Cal.2d 555 [S. F. No. 16350. In Bank. March 7, 1941.] MARY C. McCREERY et al., Appellants, v. CHARLES J. McCOLGAN, as Franchise Tax Commissioner, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL John C. Altman and Willard L. Ellis for Appellants. Todd W. Johnson, Philip D. Johnston, Jesse H. Steinhart, B. J. Feigenbaum, Richard […]

McLellan v. McLellan , 17 Cal.2d 552 [S. F. No. 15887. In Department One.– March 7, 1941.] ASHER BATES McLELLAN, as Special Administrator, etc., Respondent, v. ASA D. McLELLAN et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Hankins & Hankins and Olin F. Nuckolls for Appellants. Alfred J. Harwood for Respondent. OPINION EDMONDS, J. The appellants, testamentary trustees of […]

Sanderson v. Niemann, 17 Cal.2d 563 [L. A. No. 17538. In Bank. March 7, 1941.] HAZEL SANDERSON, Appellant, v. CHARLES NIEMANN, Jr., Respondent. COUNSEL Jack R. Kates and Kenneth C. Miller for Appellant. Mills, Hunter, Dunn & Liljestrom and H. J. Hunter for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. This is an appeal from a judgment which […]

Webster v. Board of Dental Examiners, 17 Cal.2d 534 [L. A. No. 17634. In Bank. March 6, 1941.] WILLIAM L. WEBSTER, Appellant, v. BOARD OF DENTAL EXAMINERS OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL Charles E. Burch, Jr., and Irwin R. Hazen for Appellant. Robert W. Kenny and Morris E. Cohn, as Amici Curiae, on behalf of Appellant. […]

Lynch v. Bencini, 17 Cal.2d 521 [L. A. No. 17699. In Bank. March 5, 1941.] GEORGIA A. LYNCH et al., as Executrix, etc., Respondents, v. C. H. BENCINI et al., Defendants; LEROY A. WRIGHT, Appellant. COUNSEL J. A. Donnelly and C. M. Monroe for Appellant. Dempster McKee for Respondents. OPINION THE COURT. A petition for […]

Rust v. Hill, 17 Cal.2d 517 [L. A. No. 17646. In Bank. March 3, 1941.] RICHMOND A. RUST, Appellant, v. FRANK P. HILL et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Elmer P. Bromley, H. E. Lindersmith, Newlin & Ashburn, Prentiss Moore, M. C. Schrager, Elza C. Mowry and C. V. Caldwell for Appellant. Marcus Muskat, Edward D. Neuhoff […]

Hume v. Superior Court, 17 Cal.2d 506 [L. A. No. 17610. In Bank. February 27, 1941.] DAVID E. HUME, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL David E. Hume, in pro. per., and Wyman G. Reynolds and Bruce W. Teagarden for Petitioner. Earl Warren, Attorney-General, Herbert E. Weinig, Lewis Drucker, […]

Guardianship of Andrews, 17 Cal.2d 500 [L. A. No. 17244. In Bank. February 25, 1941.] In the Matter of the Guardianship of the Estate of JULIETTE B. ANDREWS, an Incompetent Person. JULIETTE B. ANDREWS, Appellant, v. JOHN F. ANDREWS et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Hugh B. Rotchford and Hubert Starr for Appellant. Wright, Monroe, Harden & […]

Watkins v. Nutting, 17 Cal.2d 490 [L. A. No. 17672. In Bank. February 24, 1941.] IRENE GUINEVERE WATKINS, a Minor, etc., et al., Respondents, v. FRANKLIN P. NUTTING et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Ray W. Hays for Appellants Nutting et al. Ralph Robinson and Clyde E. Cate for Appellants Ingalls et al. Rae B. Carter and […]

Orloff v. Metropolitan Trust Co., 17 Cal.2d 484 [L. A. No. 17607. In Bank. February 24, 1941.] MORRIS ORLOFF, Appellant, v. METROPOLITAN TRUST COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA (a Corporation) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Orloff & Katz, William Katz and Abraham Gorenfeld for Appellant. Edward Flam, in pro. per., Sydney Tannen, William H. B. Haymond, Philip Grey […]

People v. Johansen, 17 Cal.2d 479 [Crim. No. 4334. In Bank. February 21, 1941.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. WILLIAM JOHANSEN, Appellant. COUNSEL No appearance for Appellant. Earl Warren, Attorney-General, and David K. Lener, Deputy Attorney- General, for Respondent. OPINION CURTIS, J. The defendant, William Johansen, was charged in two separate informations with the murder of […]

People v. Ives, 17 Cal.2d 459 [Crim. No. 4315. In Bank. February 21, 1941.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. ALBERT IVES et al., Defendants; GORDON HAWKINS et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Robert H. Schwab for Appellant Hawkins. Paul Angelillo and Arthur E. White for Appellant Simeone. Ralph Thomas Lui for Appellant Spinelli. Earl Warren, Attorney-General, and J. […]

People v. Craig, 17 Cal.2d 453 [Crim. No. 4327. In Bank. February 20, 1941.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. ARKELL H. CRAIG, Appellant. COUNSEL Franklin B. MacCarthy and Henry F. Poyet for Appellant. Earl Warren, Attorney-General, and Gilbert F. Nelson, Deputy Attorney- General, for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. Defendant was prosecuted and found guilty upon two […]

People v. Young, 17 Cal.2d 451 [Crim. No. 4324. In Bank. February 20, 1941.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. WILLIAM YOUNG, Appellant. COUNSEL No appearance for Appellant. Earl Warren, Attorney-General, and Eugene M. Elson, Deputy Attorney- General, for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. Defendant was found guilty of first degree murder without recommendation of leniency in the […]

Miller v. McColgan, 17 Cal.2d 432 [L. A. No. 17355. In Bank. February 20, 1941.] MERTON L. MILLER, Respondent, v. CHARLES J. McCOLGAN, as Franchise Tax Commissioner, etc., Appellant. COUNSEL Earl Warren, Attorney-General, H. H. Linney, James J. Arditto and Valentine Brookes, Deputies Attorney-General, for Appellant. Claude I. Parker, Bayley Kohlmeier and Stuart T. Baron […]

Holmes v. McColgan, 17 Cal.2d 426 [L. A. No. 17306. In Bank. February 20, 1941.] M. A. HOLMES, Appellant, v. CHARLES J. McCOLGAN, as Franchise Tax Commissioner, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Ralph D. Brown for Appellant. Earl Warren, Attorney-General, H. H. Linney, James J. Arditto and Valentine Brookes, Deputies Attorney-General, and Roger J. Traynor for Respondent. […]

Robinson v. McColgan, 17 Cal.2d 423 [S. F. No. 16377. In Bank. February 20, 1941.] JANET D. ROBINSON, Respondent, v. CHARLES J. McCOLGAN, as Franchise Tax Commissioner, etc., Appellant. COUNSEL Earl Warren, Attorney-General, H. H. Linney, James J. Arditto and Valentine Brookes, Deputies Attorney-General, for Appellant. Edward Hale Julien for Respondent. McCutchen, Olney, Mannon & […]

Rohe v. State Bar, 17 Cal.2d 445 [L. A. No. 17548. In Bank. February 20, 1941.] CLIFFORD A. ROHE, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL Isaac Pacht, Byron C. Hanna and Clore Warne for Petitioner. Claude Minard for Respondent. [17 Cal.2d 446] OPINION THE COURT. In January, 1939, Clifford A. Rohe, an […]

Long v. Long, 17 Cal.2d 409 [S. F. No. 15969. Department Two.– February 19, 1941.] LOUIS A. LONG, Respondent, v. MARGARET C. LONG, Appellant. COUNSEL David M. Burnett and John M. Burnett for Appellant. Henry E. Monroe and Henriette W. Steinegger for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. On January 7, 1930, the Superior Court of Santa […]

Ault v. Council of City of San Rafael, 17 Cal.2d 415 [S. F. No. 16544. In Bank. February 19, 1941.] JOHN M. AULT, Petitioner, v. THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Lionel Browne for Petitioner. Martinelli & Gardiner for Respondents. OPINION CURTIS, J. Petitioner, as a registered elector of […]

S. A. Gerrard Co. v. Industrial Acc. Com., 17 Cal.2d 411 [L. A. No. 17668. In Bank. February 19, 1941.] THE S. A. GERRARD COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Petitioners, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION, MACERIO VALDEZ et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Donald Gallagher and Marguerite Arnold for Petitioners. Everett A. Corten and Dan Murphy, Jr., for […]

People v. Reed, 17 Cal.2d 405 [Crim. No. 4323. In Bank. February 18, 1941.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. JOHN REED, Appellant. COUNSEL Charles D. Warner and Albert D. Trujillo for Appellant. Earl Warren, Attorney-General, and Frank Richards, Deputy Attorney- General, for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. John Reed and John Thurman were convicted of murder in […]

Harned v. Watson, 17 Cal.2d 396 [L. A. No. 17602. In Bank. February 18, 1941.] AMY HARNED, Respondent, v. HARRY W. WATSON, Appellant. COUNSEL Michael F. Shannon, Thomas A. Wood and Charles W. Wolfe for Appellant. Thomas B. Sawyer, John E. Glover and Richard H. Cantillon for Respondent. OPINION CURTIS, J. This is an appeal […]

Drillon v. Industrial Accident Com., 17 Cal.2d 346 [L. A. No. 17484. In Bank. February 17, 1941.] E. DRILLON, Petitioner, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION and CLAUDE HOOPER, Respondents. COUNSEL Whelan & Whelan for Petitioner. [17 Cal.2d 348] Everett A. Corten for Respondents. Earl Warren, Attorney-General, John J. Dailey, Deputy Attorney-General, Maurice P. McCaffrey, Lee Stanton […]

Backus v. Sessions, 17 Cal.2d 380 [L. A. No. 17700. In Bank. February 17, 1941.] J. W. BACKUS, Respondent, v. MILTON SESSIONS et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Wright, Monroe, Harden & Thomas and Monroe & McInnis for Appellants. Joseph S. Campbell for Respondent. OPINION CARTER, J. Defendants appeal from a judgment rendered by the court sitting […]