Category: 1942

Ells v. Order of United etc. Travelers , 20 Cal.2d 290 [L. A. No. 18178. In Bank. Apr. 30, 1942.] HARRY C. ELLS et al., Respondents, v. ORDER OF UNITED COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS OF AMERICA (a Fraternal Beneficial Order), Appellant. COUNSEL Newlin & Ashburn and Paul Sandmeyer for Appellant. Thomas P. Walker and Alfred R. Meyers […]

People v. Hoyt , 20 Cal.2d 306 [Crim. No. 4368. In Bank. Apr. 30, 1942.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. BARZEN HOYT et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Henry J. Kleefisch for Appellant Hoyt. Belli & Leahy and Melvin M. Belli for Appellant Tosi. Raine Ewell for Appellants Arnold and Frazier. Earl Warren, Attorney General, and David K. […]

San Joaquin Ginning Co. v. McColgan , 20 Cal.2d 254 [L. A. No. 17846. In Bank. Apr. 29, 1942.] SAN JOAQUIN GINNING COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent, v. CHARLES J. McCOLGAN, as Franchise Tax Commissioner, etc., Appellant. COUNSEL Earl Warren, Attorney General, and H. H. Linney and Valentine Brookes, Deputies Attorney General, for Appellant. Newlin & […]

State Comp. Ins. Fund v. Industrial Acc. Com. , 20 Cal.2d 264 [S. F. No. 16650. In Bank. Apr. 29, 1942.] STATE COMPENSATION INSURANCE FUND, Petitioner, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION and HANS V. HANSEN et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Donald Gallagher and Edmund J. Thomas, Jr., for Petitioner. Everett A. Corten and Keith & Creede for […]

People v. Williams , 20 Cal.2d 273 [Crim. No. 4389. In Bank. Apr. 29, 1942.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. ISAAC WILLIAMS et al., Appellants. COUNSEL A. P. Coviello and E. A. Mosk for Appellants. Earl Warren, Attorney General, and Frank Richards and Gilbert F. Nelson, Deputies Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION EDMONDS, J. In accordance […]

Evans v. Superior Court , 20 Cal.2d 186 [L. A. No. 18199. In Bank. Apr. 20, 1942.] RALPH W. EVANS, as State Building and Loan Commissioner, etc., Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent. COUNSEL Alan G. Campbell, Wood, Crump & Rogers and Guy Richards Crump for Petitioner. [20 Cal.2d 187] J. […]

Scully v. State of California , 20 Cal.2d 178 [L. A. No. 17810. In Bank. Apr. 16, 1942.] FRANK SCULLY, Appellant, v. STATE OF CALIFORNIA et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Lucien A. Sauvage and A. Brigham Rose for Appellant. Earl Warren, Attorney General, and Alberta Belford, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondents. OPINION CURTIS, J. [1] Plaintiff, […]

Great Western Power Co. v. McColgan , 20 Cal.2d 896 [S. F. No. 16526. In Bank. Apr. 29, 1942.] GREAT WESTERN POWER COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA (a Corporation), Respondent, v. CHARLES J. McCOLGAN, as Franchise Tax Commissioner, etc., Appellant. COUNSEL Earl Warren, Attorney General, and H. H. Linney and Valentine Brookes, Deputies Attorney General, for Appellant. […]

Taylor v. Superior Court , 20 Cal.2d 244 [L. A. No. 18187. In Bank. Apr. 28, 1942.] J. HARTLEY TAYLOR, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent. COUNSEL Brooks Gifford and William E. Fox for Petitioner. J. H. O’Connor, County Counsel, Himrod & Parks, J. N. Hastings and U. T. Clotfelter for […]

People v. Amick , 20 Cal.2d 247 [Crim. No. 4401. In Bank. Apr. 28, 1942.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. HERBERT M. AMICK, Appellant. COUNSEL W. C. Dorris, C. Fleharty and R. W. Henderson for Appellant. Earl Warren, Attorney General, and R. S. McLaughlin, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. A petition for hearing […]

Page v. Washington Mutual Life Assn. , 20 Cal.2d 234 [L. A. No. 18139. In Bank. Apr. 28, 1942.] EDNA MAE PAGE, Respondent, v. WASHINGTON MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION (a Corporation) et al., Defendants; PHYSICIANS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL John L. Flynn for Appellant. W. P. Wood and M. W. Young for Insurance […]

Wheeland v. Rodgers , 20 Cal.2d 218 [L. A. No. 17900. In Bank. Apr. 22, 1942.] CHARLIE GRIER WHEELAND, as Administrator with the Will Annexed, etc., Appellant, v. CLARENCE S. RODGERS et al., Respondents. COUNSEL E. S. Patterson, Aubry Miller and Don F. Tyler for Appellant. V. A. Morgan for Respondents. OPINION CARTER, J. Plaintiff, […]

Stub v. Belmont , 20 Cal.2d 208 [L. A. No. 17715. In Bank. Apr. 22, 1942.] I. A. STUB et al., Respondents, v. FRANK BELMONT, Appellant. COUNSEL Henry O. Wackerbarth for Appellant. Monta W. Shirley and Taylor H. Snow for Respondents. OPINION CARTER, J. Defendant appeals from a judgment for $2,000 and a penalty of […]

Hizar v. State Bar , 20 Cal.2d 223 [L. A. No. 18123. In Bank. Apr. 22, 1942.] J. C. HIZAR, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL Dempster McKee for Petitioner. W. Eugene Craven for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. This is a proceeding to review the recommendation of the Board of Governors of […]

Campbell v. Realty Title Co. , 20 Cal.2d 195 [L. A. No. 17835. In Bank. Apr. 21, 1942.] Z. CAMPBELL, Appellant, v. REALTY TITLE COMPANY, LTD. (a Corporation) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Charles J. Kelly for Appellant. Ben Gould for Respondents. OPINION CURTIS, J. The plaintiff is the owner of a parcel of real property […]

Eggert v. Pacific States S. & L. Co. , 20 Cal.2d 199 [L. A. No. 18079. In Bank. Apr. 21, 1942.] JOHN EGGERT, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. PACIFIC STATES SAVINGS AND LOAN COMPANY et al., Defendants; RALPH W. EVANS, as Building and Loan Commissioner, etc., et al., Interveners and Respondents; JESSIE C. KELLEY et al., […]

Brunton v. Superior Court , 20 Cal.2d 202 [L. A. No. 18140. In Bank. Apr. 21, 1942.] WILLIAM J. BRUNTON, as City Council Member, etc., et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent. COUNSEL Irving M. Smith, City Attorney (Long Beach), and Roy J. Brown and Frank C. Charvat, Deputies City […]

People v. Hochwender , 20 Cal.2d 181 [L. A. No. 17816. In Bank. Apr. 20, 1942.] THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. JEAN HOCHWENDER, as Special Adminstratrix, etc., et al., Defendants and Appellants. COUNSEL Earl Warren, Attorney General, and H. H. Linney, Burdette J. Daniels, James E. Sabine and Adrian A. Kragen, Deputies Attorney General, […]

People v. Wells , 20 Cal.2d 191 [Crim. No. 4404. In Bank. Apr. 20, 1942.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. ALFRED HORACE WELLS, Appellant. COUNSEL Theodore G. Krumm for Appellant. Earl Warren, Attorney General, and Gilbert F. Nelson, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. In an information filed by the District Attorney of San […]

Miller v. McKinnon , 20 Cal.2d 83 [S. F. No. 16023. In Bank. Apr. 2, 1942.] J. LESTER MILLER, Appellant, v. J. M. McKINNON et al., Respondents. COUNSEL George F. Sharp for Appellant. Louis Oneal, Maurice J. Rankin, Duncan Oneal, Bohnett, Hill, Cottrell & Boccardo, Peckham & Peckham and C. C. Coolidge for Respondents. OPINION […]

Burns v. Superior Court , 20 Cal.2d 129 [S. F. No. 16643. In Bank. Apr. 2, 1942.] MAY G. BURNS, as Executrix, etc., Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Jewell Alexander, James M. Thomas and Redman, Alexander & Bacon for Petitioner. Thomas E. Davis […]

Natural Milk etc. Assn. v. City etc. of S. F. , 20 Cal.2d 101 [S. F. No. 16105. In Bank. Apr. 2, 1942.] NATURAL MILK PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA (a Corporation) et al., Appellants, v. THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO (a Municipal Corporation) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Philip S. Ehrlich, Albert A. Axelrod […]

Cheleden v. State Bar , 20 Cal.2d 133 [S. F. No. 16659. In Bank. Apr. 2, 1942.] ALGERDAS N. CHELEDEN, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent COUNSEL Carey Van Fleet and Alfred J. Hennessy for Petitioner. W. Eugene Craven and Joseph J. Webb for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. By this proceeding petitioner seeks […]

In re Lacey , 20 Cal.2d 894 [S. F. No. 16221. In Bank. Apr. 2, 1942.] In re JOSEPH P. LACEY for Readmission to The State Bar of California. COUNSEL Edwin V. McKenzie, Walter E. Hettman, Edward P. Murphy and Leo Friedman for Petitioner. [20 Cal.2d 895] OPINION OF THE COURT Memorandum THE COURT. In […]

Plummer v. Superior Court , 20 Cal.2d 158 [S. F. No. 16661. In Bank. Apr. 2, 1942.] GERTRUDE E. PLUMMER, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Albert Picard and Francis McCarty for Petitioner. Phillip Barnett for Respondents. [20 Cal.2d 159] OPINION CARTER, J. Petitioner […]