Category: 1942

Sacramento M. U. District v. Pacific G. & E. Co. , 20 Cal.2d 684 [Sac. No. 5408. In Bank. Aug. 11, 1942.] SACRAMENTO MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT Respondent v. PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL Thos. J. Straub and John C. Wood for Appellant. Robert L. Shinn, Stephen W. Downey, Marshall K. Taylor, […]

Bank of America v. Superior Court , 20 Cal.2d 697 [L. A. No. 18340. In Bank. Aug. 11, 1942.] BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION (a National Banking Association), Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent. COUNSEL Edmund Nelson, G. L. Berrey, Freston & Files, James A. McLaughlin and Louis […]

Schauer v. Peek , 20 Cal.2d 681 [S. F. No. 16796. In Bank. Aug. 4, 1942.] B. REY SCHAUER et al., Petitioners, v. PAUL PEEK, as Secretary of State, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Schauer, Ryon & McMahon for Petitioners. Paul Peek in pro. per., Earl Warren, Attorney General, and ChaS.W. Johnson, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. […]

Douillard v. Woodd , 20 Cal.2d 665 [L. A. No. 18275. In Bank. Aug. 3, 1942.] EMILE A. DOUILLARD et al., Respondents, v. MELANIE D. WOODD, Appellant. COUNSEL Daniel A. Knapp and Fred W. Heath for Appellant. Thomas Higgins, Jr., and J. M. Clements for Respondents. OPINION EDMONDS, J. Following the administration of the estate […]

County of Los Angeles v. Riley , 20 Cal.2d 652 [L. A. No. 18249. In Bank. Aug. 3, 1942.] COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, Petitioner, v. HARRY B. RILEY, as State Controller, etc., et al., Respondents. COUNSEL J. H. O’Connor, County Counsel, S. V. O. Prichard, Assistant County Counsel, and L. K. Vobayda, Deputy County Counsel, […]

Moss v. Moss , 20 Cal.2d 640 [S. F. No. 16188. In Bank. Aug. 3, 1942.] MONROE L. MOSS, Appellant, v. EMILY M. MOSS, Respondent. COUNSEL Livingston & Livingston and Allen H. Barr for Appellant. Manson & Allan, Dudley F. Miller and Letitia R. Farber for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. Plaintiff brought this action against […]

In re Tenner , 20 Cal.2d 670 [Crim. No. 4406. In Bank. Aug. 3, 1942.] In re JOSEPH TENNER, on Habeas Corpus. COUNSEL William F. Herron for Petitioner. Earl Warren, Attorney General, and David K. Lener, Deputy Attorney General for Respondent. OPINION EDMONDS, J. The question presented for decision by the petitioner’s application for a […]

Harrison v. Adams , 20 Cal.2d 646 [L. A. Nos. 17675, 17706.?In Bank.?Aug. 3, 1942.] R. E. HARRISON, Plaintiff; CHARLOTTE R. HARRISON, as Executrix, etc. (Substituted Plaintiff), Appellant, v. HENRY J. ADAMS et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Luce, Forward, Lee & Kunzel for Appellant. Dempster McKee for Respondents. OPINION EDMONDS, J. The judgment from which the […]

Westover v. City of Los Angeles , 20 Cal.2d 635 [L. A. No. 18276. In Bank. July 30, 1942.] JOHN A. WESTOVER, Respondent, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES (a Municipal Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL Ray L. Chesebro, City Attorney, Frederick von Schrader, Assistant City Attorney, and Leonard Husar, Victor P. Spero and Louis A. Babior, Deputies […]

Altramano v. Rodeo Del Legionarro , 20 Cal.2d 898 [L. A. No. 17889. In Bank. July 30, 1942.] TONY ALTRAMANO et al., Respondents, v. RODEO DEL LEGIONARRO, INC. (a Corporation) et al., Defendants; LILLIAN J. SWAN et al., Appellants. COUNSEL James B. Fredericks for Appellants. Frederick M. Kraft for Respondents. [20 Cal.2d 899] OPINION OF […]

Rexstrew v. City of Huntington Park , 20 Cal.2d 630 [L. A. No. 18270. In Bank. July 30, 1942.] STANLEY E. REXSTREW et al., Respondents, v. CITY OF HUNTINGTON PARK (a Municipal Corporation) et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Christopher J. Griffin, City Attorney, and Clarence M. Heublein for Appellants. John J. Hamilton and Charles X. Arnold […]

Altramano v. Swan , 20 Cal.2d 622 [L. A. No. 17819. In Bank. July 30, 1942.] TONY ALTRAMANO et al., Respondents, v. W. W. SWAN et al., Defendants; LILLIAN J. SWAN, et al., Appellants. COUNSEL James B. Fredericks for Appellants. Frederick M. Kraft for Respondents. OPINION EDMONDS, J. The appellants, Lillian J. Swan and Juanita […]

Sloan v. Donoghue , 20 Cal.2d 607 [S. F. No. 16803. In Bank. July 29, 1942.] PEARL F. SLOAN, Petitioner, v. MICHAEL J. DONOGHUE, as Registrar of Voters, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Robert W. Kenny and Morris E. Cohn for Petitioner. Earl Warren, Attorney General, ChaS.W. Johnson, Deputy Attorney General, as Amici Curiae, on behalf of […]

Estate of Broad , 20 Cal.2d 612 [L. A. No. 17945. In Bank. July 29, 1942.] Estate of WILLIAM J. BROAD, Deceased. SECURITY-FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF LOS ANGELES (a National Banking Corporation), as Executor, etc., Petitioner and Respondent, v. WILLIAM BROAD, Contestant and Respondent; R. F. PIERCE et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Duckworth, Mussell & King […]

Dillard v. City of Los Angeles , 20 Cal.2d 599 [L. A. No. 18221. In Bank. July 28, 1942.] ELETHA R. DILLARD, Appellant, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES (a Municipal Corporation) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Cryer & Jones, George E. Cryer and R. Alston Jones for Appellant. Ray L. Chesebro, City Attorney, and Robert J. […]

Speck v. Sarver , 20 Cal.2d 585 [S. F. No. 16529. In Bank. July 23, 1942.] ALICE SPECK et al., Respondents, v. PHILIP R. SARVER et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Francis N. Foley for Appellants. Norman S. Menifee for Respondents. OPINION CURTIS, J. Defendants appeal from a judgment in favor of plaintiffs for damages for injuries […]

Lyons v. Brunswick-Balke etc. Co. , 20 Cal.2d 579 [L. A. No. 18265. In Bank. July 16, 1942.] M. L. LYONS et al., Appellants, v. THE BRUNSWICK-BALKE-COLLENDER COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Frederic Sturdy, David P. Evans and George H. Whitney for Appellants. O’Melveny & Myers, Pierce Works and […]

Puccetti v. Girola , 20 Cal.2d 574 [S. F. No. 16711. In Bank. July 16, 1942.] ALBERTO PUCCETTI, Plaintiff; GEMMA PUCCETTI, as Administratrix, etc. (Substituted Plaintiff), Appellant, v. MADELINE GIROLA et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Jesse G. Benson for Appellant. John J. Beck, Altman & Ellis, John C. Altman and Willard L. Ellis, Donahue, Richards & […]

Thompson v. Cook , 20 Cal.2d 564 [L. A. No. 17983. In Bank. July 15, 1942.] K. W. THOMPSON, Respondent, v. MARIE E. COOK et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Hankins & Hankins and Olin F. Nuckolls for Appellants. Geo. W. Zent for Respondent. OPINION CURTIS, J. On February 13, 1936, Leonard B. Colton recovered a money […]

Wilkerson v. Seib , 20 Cal.2d 556 [L. A. No. 17975. In Bank. July 15, 1942.] HERBERT WILKERSON, Appellant, v. ETTA B. SEIB et al., Respondents. COUNSEL William Ellis Lady for Appellant. Millard M. Mier and William C. Schaper in pro. per., Mier & Schaper and E. L. Overholt for Respondents. OPINION CURTIS, J. The […]

Moreno v. Cairns , 20 Cal.2d 531 [L. A. No. 18222. In Bank. July 11, 1942.] MANUEL A. MORENO, Appellant, v. JAMES CAIRNS et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Joseph K. Coady and Arthur J. Mullen for Appellant. Ray L. Chesebro, City Attorney, Frederick von Schrader, Assistant City Attorney, and Geo. W. Adams and Marvin Chesebro, Deputies […]

Communist Party v. Peek , 20 Cal.2d 536 [L. A. No. 18354. In Bank. July 11, 1942.] COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA et al., Appellants, v. PAUL PEEK, as Secretary of State, etc., et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Andersen & Resner, George R. Andersen, Herbert Resner and Leo Gallagher for Appellants. George Olshausen, […]

Miller v. Dyer , 20 Cal.2d 526 [L. A. No. 17908. In Bank. July 10, 1942.] CURTIS E. MILLER et al., Appellants, v. MABELLE M. DYER et al., Respondents. COUNSEL John A. Jorgenson for Appellants. Howard F. Shepherd and Harvey, Rimel & Harvey for Respondents. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. In this action for specific performance of […]

Skernswell v. Schonfeld , 20 Cal.2d 503 [S. F. No. 16673. In Bank. July 2, 1942.] JOSEPH SKERNSWELL, Petitioner, v. GEORGE W. SCHONFELD, as Judge, etc., et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Marcel E. Cerf, Robinson & Leland and Henry Robinson for Petitioner. Joseph A. Brown and A. E. Cross for Respondents. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. This case […]

Jacks v. Monterey County Trust & Savings Bank , 20 Cal.2d 494 [S. F. No. 16431. In Bank. July 2, 1942.] ROMIE C. JACKS, Respondent, v. MONTEREY COUNTY TRUST & SAVINGS BANK (a Banking Corporation), as Trustee, etc., Appellant. COUNSEL Rosendale, Thomas & Muller and Edson G. Thomas for Appellant. Wyckoff, Gardner & Parker, J. […]