Category: 1942

Urban v. Riley , 21 Cal.2d 232 [S. F. No. 16798. In Bank. Nov. 14, 1942.] CLARENCE URBAN, as Real Estate Commissioner, etc., Petitioner, v. HARRY B. RILEY, as Controller, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Earl Warren, Attorney General, and R. L. Chamberlain, Deputy Attorney General, for Petitioner. James W. Hickey and J. D. Lear for Respondent. […]

Hunter v. Hunter , 21 Cal.2d 228 [S. F. No. 16234. In Bank. Nov. 10, 1942.] C. E. HUNTER et al., Respondents, v. LYDIA HUNTER et al., Appellants. COUNSEL C. E. Luckhardt and H. L. Preston for Appellants. Grattan, Kirby & Pasquinelli, Eugene B. Grattan, Owen D. Richardson and David C. Kirby for Respondents. OPINION […]

First Trust & Savings Bank v. City of Pasadena , 21 Cal.2d 220 [L. A. No. 18080. In Bank. Nov. 9, 1942.] FIRST TRUST & SAVINGS BANK OF PASADENA (a Banking Corporation) et al., Appellants, v. THE CITY OF PASADENA (a Municipal Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL Holbrook & Tarr and W. Sumner Holbrook, Jr., for Appellants. […]

Bakewell v. Bakewell , 21 Cal.2d 224 [L. A. No. 18422. In Bank. Nov. 9, 1942.] G. G. BAKEWELL, Respondent, v. HARDING F. BAKEWELL, Appellant. COUNSEL George R. Larwill, Frank S. Balthis, Jr., Michael F. Shannon and Thomas A. Wood for Appellant. C. E. Spencer, E. R. Young and E. L. Searle for Respondent. OPINION […]

Mueller v. Elba Oil Co. , 21 Cal.2d 188 [S. F. No. 16772. In Bank. Nov. 2, 1942.] D. J. MUELLER, Appellant, v. ELBA OIL COMPANY (a Partnership) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Mueller & Westover for Appellant. Rosendale, Thomas & Muller for Respondents. OPINION SCHAUER, J. pro tem. This is an appeal by plaintiff from […]

Gamble v. Bd. of Osteopathic Examiners , 21 Cal.2d 215 [L. A. No. 18450. In Bank. Nov. 2, 1942.] WILLIAM O. GAMBLE, Petitioner, v. BOARD OF OSTEOPATHIC EXAMINERS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Roscoe R. Hess for Petitioner. Paul Vallee and Charles E. Hobart as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner. […]

Bekins Van Lines, Inc. v. Johnson , 21 Cal.2d 135 [Sac. No. 5508. In Bank. Nov. 2, 1942.] BEKINS VAN LINES, INC. (a Corporation), Appellant, v. CHARLES G. JOHNSON, as State Treasurer, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Harry A. Encell for Appellant. Harry H. McElroy and George B. Campbell, as Amici Curiae, on behalf of Appellant. Earl […]

Leupe v. Leupe , 21 Cal.2d 145 [S. F. No. 16194. In Bank. Nov. 2, 1942.] LOUIS LEUPE, Respondent, v. MARIE LEUPE, Appellant. COUNSEL Carl W. Anderson for Appellant. J. E. McCurdy and J. W. Coleberd for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. The respondent, Louis Leupe, brought an action for divorce. The record now before us […]

George v. Burdusis , 21 Cal.2d 153 [S. F. No. 16255. In Bank. Nov. 2, 1942.] PETER GEORGE et al., Appellants, v. ALECK BURDUSIS et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Joseph A. Brown and A. E. Cross for Appellants. Marvin E. Lewis for Respondents. OPINION EDMONDS, J. By their complaint, the appellants charged Aleck Burdusis, who is […]

Sterling Realty Co. v. Relfe , 21 Cal.2d 164 [S. F. No. 16432. In Bank. Nov. 2, 1942.] STERLING REALTY COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant, v. EMILY RELFE et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Phil F. Garvey and Julia M. Easley for Appellant. John J. O’Toole, City Attorney (San Francisco), Norman S. Wolff, Deputy City Attorney, Ralph Alfred […]

Roy v. Salisbury , 21 Cal.2d 176 [S. F. No. 16732. In Bank. Nov. 2, 1942.] C. A. ROY, Respondent, v. RAYMOND SALISBURY, as Executor, etc., Appellant. COUNSEL Raymond Salisbury in pro. per., and Joseph C. Prior for Appellant. Fitzgerald, Abbott & Beardsley and Milton W. Dobrzensky for Respondent. OPINION CARTER, J. Defendant, as executor […]

Deevy v. Tassi , 21 Cal.2d 109 [S. F. No. 16754. In Bank. Oct. 30, 1942.] DAN DEEVY et al., Respondents, v. J. A. TASSI et al., Appellants. COUNSEL George T. Davis for Appellants. Vincent W. Hallinan and James A. Himmel for Respondents. [21 Cal.2d 112] OPINION SCHAUER, J. pro tem. Defendants appeal from a […]

Pohle v. Christian , 21 Cal.2d 83 [Sac. No. 5489. In Bank. Oct. 30, 1942.] EDWIN W. POHLE, Appellant, v. E. H. CHRISTIAN, as Member of the State Personnel Board, etc., et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Anthony J. Kennedy for Appellant. Ivan C. Sperbeck and E. H. Christian in pro. per.; Earl Warren, Attorney General, Jess […]

Utz v. State Bar , 21 Cal.2d 100 [S. F. No. 16715. In Bank. Oct. 30, 1942.] HAZEL UTZ, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL Leo R. Friedman for Petitioner. Bert W. Levit and Robert L. Dreyfus for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. By writ of certiorari, the petitioner has challenged the recommendation […]

Noble v. Beach , 21 Cal.2d 91 [S. F. No. 16183. In Bank. Oct. 30, 1942.] MARY NOBLE et al., Appellants, v. FRANK BEACH et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Booth B. Goodman and Lionel B. Benas for Appellants. Frank J. Fontes for Respondents. [21 Cal.2d 93] OPINION TRAYNOR, J. In 1934, appellants obtained a judgment against […]

In re Petrie , 21 Cal.2d 132 [Crim. No. 4426. In Bank. Oct. 30, 1942.] In re BERT PETRIE, on Habeas Corpus. [Crim. No. 4422. In Bank. Oct. 30, 1942.] In re PAUL BAFFORD, on Habeas Corpus. COUNSEL Seibert L. Sefton, Harry A. Houser and Owen D. Richardson for Petitioners. Earl Warren, Attorney General, and […]

In re Haynes , 21 Cal.2d 891 [Crim. No. 4424. In Bank. Oct 30, 1942.] In re JAMES WARREN HAYNES, on Habeas Corpus. COUNSEL Seibert L. Sefton for Petitioner. Earl Warren, Attorney General, and David K. Lener, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION OF THE COURT Memorandum CURTIS, J. Petition for writ of habeas corpus. […]

In re Halcomb , 21 Cal.2d 126 [Crim. No. 4423. In Bank. Oct. 30, 1942.] In re GRADY HALCOMB, on Habeas Corpus. COUNSEL Seibert L. Sefton for Petitioner. Earl Warren, Attorney General, and David K. Lener, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION CURTIS, J. Petitioner, now in custody of the warden of the California State […]

People v. Duane , 21 Cal.2d 71 [Crim. No. 4418. In Bank. Oct. 29, 1942.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. JAMES DUANE, Appellant. COUNSEL Raine Ewell and Raoul D. Magana for Appellant. Earl Warren, Attorney General, David K. Lener and Dennis Hession, Deputies Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION CARTER, J. The appeal in this action comes […]

Johnston v. Landucci , 21 Cal.2d 63 [L. A. No. 17749. In Bank. Oct. 29, 1942.] E. E. JOHNSTON et al., Appellants, v. OLIVE LANDUCCI, Respondent. COUNSEL David E. Peckinpah and L. N. Barber for Appellants. Matt Wahrhaftig, Samuel F. Hollins and G. L. Aynesworth for Respondent. OPINION PETERS, J. pro tem. Plaintiffs and cross-defendants […]

Fuentes v. Ling , 21 Cal.2d 59 [S. F. No. 16720. In Bank. Oct. 29, 1942.] ROBERT FUENTES, Respondent, v. LEE LING, Appellant. COUNSEL Snook & Snook & Chase and Snook & Chase for Appellant. Leon A. Blum for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. This action was brought by plaintiff to recover damages for personal injuries […]

People v. Gireth , 21 Cal.2d 58 [Crim. No. 4443. In Bank. Oct. 8, 1942.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. LESLIE B. GIRETH, Appellant. COUNSEL Leslie B. Gireth in pro. per., for Appellant. Earl Warren, Attorney General, and David K. Lener, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. This is an automatic appeal from a […]

State of Ohio ex rel. Squire v. Porter , 21 Cal.2d 45 [L. A. No. 18302. In Bank. Oct. 2, 1942.] STATE OF OHIO ex rel. S. H. SQUIRE, Superintendent of Banks, etc., Respondent, v. CLARENCE H. PORTER, Appellant. COUNSEL Meserve, Mumper & Hughes, Roy L. Herndon and Charles O. Parker for Appellant. Mathes & […]

Lamb v. California Water & Tel. Co. , 21 Cal.2d 33 [L. A. No. 17655. In Bank. Oct. 2, 1942.] WALTER C. LAMB, Appellant, v. CALIFORNIA WATER & TELEPHONE COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL Lowell Howe and Charles C. Loosli for Appellant. Bacigalupi, Elkus & Salinger and Philip Storer Thacher for Respondent. OPINION EDMONDS, J. […]

Squire v. Merriam , 21 Cal.2d 889 [L. A. Nos. 18303, 18304.?In Bank.?Oct. 2, 1942.] S. H. SQUIRE, as Superintendent of Banks of the State of Ohio, etc., Respondent, v. CLIFFE U. MERRIAM, Appellant. (Two Cases) COUNSEL Hill, Morgan & Bledsoe, Kenneth K. Wright, Meserve, Mumper & Hughes, Roy L. Herndon and Charles O. Parker […]