Category: 1942

Magill Bros. v. Building Service Employees’ International Union , 20 Cal.2d 506 [L. A. No. 17903. In Bank. July 2, 1942.] MAGILL BROS., INC. (a Corporation), Appellant, v. BUILDING SERVICE EMPLOYEES’ INTERNATIONAL UNION (an Unincorporated Association) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Pierson & Block, R. K. Pierson and Samuel P. Block for Appellant. Ben Koenig, Aaron […]

Routh v. Quinn , 20 Cal.2d 488 [L. A. No. 18215. In Bank. June 30, 1942.] O. B. ROUTH, Appellant, v. JOHN R. QUINN et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Combs & Murphine for Appellant. J. H. O’Connor, County Counsel (Los Angeles) and Gordon Boller and A. Curtis Smith, Deputy County Counsel, for Respondents. OPINION CARTER, J. […]

State Board of Equalization v. Superior Court , 20 Cal.2d 467 [S. F. No. 16678. In Bank. June 30, 1942.] THE STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent. COUNSEL Earl Warren, Attorney General, Robert W. Harrison, Chief Assistant Attorney General, and […]

Voyce v. Superior Court , 20 Cal.2d 479 [S. F. No. 16721. In Bank. June 30, 1942.] ALFRED VOYCE, as Executor, etc., et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Respondent. COUNSEL John L. McNab and Jackson Maddux for Petitioners. Devine & Devine and Preston Devine for Respondent. […]

Blank v. Coffin , 20 Cal.2d 457 [S. F. No. 16693. In Bank. June 24, 1942.] CAROL BLANK, Appellant, v. IAN COFFIN et al., Defendants; MERCANTILE ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION OF CALIFORNIA (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL James R. Agee for Appellant. Hagar, Crosby & Crosby and Carlyle C. Crosby for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. On June 11, […]

Stoll v. Industrial Accident Com. , 20 Cal.2d 440 [S. F. No. 16679. In Bank. June 16, 1942.] MAYO BYRON STOLL, a Minor, etc., Petitioner, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Fitz-Gerald Ames and John Clare Jury for Petitioner. Everett A. Corten, J. Gould and Burbank, Laumeister & Littler for Respondents. OPINION EDMONDS, […]

Johnson v. Morrill , 20 Cal.2d 446 [S. F. No. 16733. In Bank. June 16, 1942.] DOROTHY JOHNSON, Petitioner, v. LEWIS MORRILL, as County Clerk, etc., Respondent. [S. F. No. 16734. In Bank. June 16, 1942.] IRVING COHEN, Petitioner, v. LEWIS MORRILL, as County Clerk, etc., Respondent. [S. F. No. 16735. In Bank. June 16, […]

People v. Kearney , 20 Cal.2d 435 [Crim. No. 4407. In Bank. June 9, 1942.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. PERRY KEARNEY, Appellant. COUNSEL Morris Lavine for Appellant. Earl Warren, Attorney General, and Bayard Rhone, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. In an information filed by the District Attorney of Los Angeles County the […]

International etc. Workers v. Landowitz , 20 Cal.2d 418 [S. F. No. 16344. In Bank. June 9, 1942.] INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CLEANING AND DYE HOUSE WORKERS (an Association) et al., Appellants, v. CARL LANDOWITZ et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Charles R. Garry for Appellants. Walter C. Frame as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Appellants. Gus C. […]

Malmgren v. McColgan , 20 Cal.2d 424 [S. F. No. 16365. In Bank. June 9, 1942.] HARRIET C. MALMGREN, Respondent, v. CHARLES J. McCOLGAN, as Franchise Tax Commissioner, etc., Appellant. DAISY F. CASWELL, Respondent, v. CHARLES J. McCOLGAN, as Franchise Tax Commissioner, etc., Appellant. COUNSEL Earl Warren, Attorney General, H. H. Linney, James J. Arditto, […]

Anderson v. Anderson , 20 Cal.2d 431 [L. A. No. 18117. In Bank. June 9, 1942.] FRAIN R. ANDERSON, Respondent, v. MARY M. ANDERSON, Appellant. COUNSEL Marcus L. Roberts for Appellant. Von Herzen & Woods, C. P. Von Herzen and Geo. C. Woods for Respondent. OPINION CURTIS, J. Motion to dismiss two appeals in the […]

Sheward v. Virtue , 20 Cal.2d 410 [L. A. No. 18271. In Bank. June 2, 1942.] ROBERT L. SHEWARD et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. PHILLIP M. VIRTUE et al., Defendants and Appellants; BULLOCK’S INC. (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL Betts & Garrison and Maynard Garrison for Plaintiffs and Appellants. Murchison & Clopton, R. Bruce Murchison, […]

Adams v. Talbott , 20 Cal.2d 415 [S. F. No. 16404. In Bank. June 2, 1942.] D. ADAMS, Appellant, v. PAUL TALBOTT, Defendant and Respondent, J. M. DUNGAN, Intervener and Respondent. COUNSEL Garth V. Lacey and George Olshausen for Appellant. J. P. Mandl and Stanley K. Lawson for Respondents. OPINION SHENK, J. This is an […]

People v. Coleman , 20 Cal.2d 399 [Crim. No. 4402. In Bank. May 28, 1942.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. JOHN LAWRENCE COLEMAN, Appellant. COUNSEL Arthur B. Dunne and Dunne & Dunne for Appellant. Earl Warren, Attorney General, and Frank Richards, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION SHENK, J. This is an automatic appeal from a […]

Westphal v. Westphal , 20 Cal.2d 393 [S. F. No. 16056. In Bank. May 27, 1942.] FRITZ WESTPHAL et al., Appellants, v. THEODORE WESTPHAL et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Frank D. Parker, James H. Boyer, Treadwell & Laughlin and Russell E. Barnes for Appellants. Donahue, Richards & Hamlin for Respondents. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. John C. Westphal […]

Propp v. State Bar , 20 Cal.2d 387 [L. A. No. 18229. In Bank. May 22, 1942.] MAC ARTHUR PROPP, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL Mac Arthur Propp, in pro. per., and William Roy Ives for Appellant. Preston B. Plumb, Jr., and Arthur L. Syvertson for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. This […]

Bechtel v. Axelrod , 20 Cal.2d 390 [S. F. No. 16369. In Bank. May 22, 1942.] H. H. BECHTEL, Respondent, v. ALBERT A. AXELROD et al., Defendants; LUCILLE AXELROD, Intervener and Appellant. COUNSEL Albert A. Axelrod, Eugene H. O’Donnell and Julien R. Bauer for Appellant. C. H. White, Keyes & Erskine, Herbert A. Erskine and […]

Raps v. Raps , 20 Cal.2d 382 [S. F. No. 16314. In Bank. May 11, 1942.] ROSE RAPS, Appellant, v. ELIAS RAPS, Respondent. COUNSEL Stella Donovan for Appellant. Marcel E. Cerf, Robinson & Leland and Herbert A. Leland for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. This is an appeal from an order vacating a final decree of […]

Coates v. Klette , 20 Cal.2d 897 [S. F. No. 16629. In Bank. May 1, 1942.] MABEL L. CANHAM COATES, Petitioner, v. ERNEST KLETTE, as Judge of the Superior Court, etc., et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Rae B. Carter for Petitioner. Earl Warren, Attorney General, Ralph H. Cowing, Deputy Attorney General, W. C. Tupper, District Attorney, […]

Rancho Santa Anita v. City of Arcadia , 20 Cal.2d 319 [L. A. No. 16964. In Bank. May 1, 1942.] RANCHO SANTA ANITA, INC., Appellant, v. CITY OF ARCADIA (a Municipal Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL Stater & Dawson and Williamson, Hoge, Sargent & Judson for Appellant. James C. Bone, City Attorney, and Burke, Hickson, Burke & […]

Redlands etc. Sch. Dist. v. Superior Court , 20 Cal.2d 348 [L. A. No. 18059. In Bank. May 1, 1942.] REDLANDS HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, Respondent. COUNSEL Hunter & Liljestrom and Mills, Hunter, Dunn & Liljestrom for Petitioners. Grant Holcomb and Alden Reid for Respondent. […]

Portnoy v. Superior Court , 20 Cal.2d 375 [L. A. No. 18151. In Bank. May 1, 1942.] FRANK PORTNOY et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Clifford Thoms for Petitioners. Earl Redwine, County Counsel, for Respondents. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. Petitioners seek this writ of certiorari to […]

Davis v. State Bar , 20 Cal.2d 332 [L. A. No. 17656. In Bank. May 1, 1942.] HAROLD L. DAVIS, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL Morris Lavine for Petitioner. Claude Minard, Guy Richards Crump, Louis W. Myers, B. E. Ahlport and Paul Vallee for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. This proceeding was […]

Pipoly v. Benson , 20 Cal.2d 366 [L. A. No. 18150. In Bank. May 1, 1942.] EDNA PIPOLY et al., Appellants, v. FRANK BENSON et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Laurence B. Martin and Samuel Reisman for Appellants. Parker & Stanbury, Harry D. Parker, Raymond G. Stanbury, White McGee, Jr., and Richard Reese for Respondents. Herbert W. […]

Rogers v. Warden , 20 Cal.2d 286 [L. A. No. 17882. In Bank. Apr. 30, 1942.] GERTRUDE C. ROGERS, Appellant, v. C. P. WARDEN et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Earl Oakley and Franklin B. Hansen for Appellant. J. Everett Brown for Respondents. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. This is an appeal from a judgment dismissing an action after […]