Category: 1942

Fennessey v. Pacific Gas & Elec. Co. , 20 Cal.2d 141 [S. F. No. 16676. In Bank. Apr. 2, 1942.] IRENE FENNESSEY, Respondent, v. PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Thos. J. Straub, John J. Briare and W. H. Spaulding for Appellants. John J. Taaffe, George B. Harris and P. […]

Salopek v. Schoemann , 20 Cal.2d 150 [S. F. No. 16285. In Bank. Apr. 2, 1942.] E. C. SALOPEK, Appellant, v. ROBERT SCHOEMANN et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Torregano & Stark and M. C. Symonds for Appellant. C. N. Vavuris and A. G. Simi for Respondents. OPINION SHENK, J. The plaintiff, as assignee of J. Maxwell […]

Gore v. Bingaman , 20 Cal.2d 118 [S. F. No. 16287. In Bank. Apr. 2, 1942.] EVA GORE et al., Respondents, v. JOSEPH W. BINGAMAN, Trustee, etc., et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Fitzgerald, Abbott & Beardsley, C. A. Beardsley and Clark & Heafey for Appellants. Weinmann, Quayle & Berry and George Olshausen for Respondents. OPINION GIBSON, […]

Estate of Wear , 20 Cal.2d 124 [S. F. No. 16301. In Bank. Apr. 2, 1942.] Estate of KATIE RICHARDS WEAR, Deceased. THEODORE J. MILLER et al., Respondents, v. EDWARD ROLKIN, as Executor, etc., Proponent; ARLINE M. ROLKIN, as Executrix, etc., et al. (Substituted Proponents), Appellants. COUNSEL Frank J. Mahoney for Appellants. James M. Hanley […]

People v. Gonzales , 20 Cal.2d 165 [Crim. No. 4382. In Bank. Apr. 2, 1942.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. JOHN GONZALES et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Leo R. Friedman for Appellants. Earl Warren, Attorney General, J. Albert Hutchinson and David K. Lener, Deputies Attorney General, Matthew Brady, District Attorney, and Joseph A. Garry, Assistant District Attorney, […]

Stracke v. Farquar , 20 Cal.2d 82 [S. F. No. 16737. In Bank. Mar. 31, 1942.] WALTER STRACKE, Petitioner, v. AGNES S. FARQUAR, as City Clerk, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL G. H. Van Harvey for Petitioner. L. G. Hitchcock for Respondent. DeMeo & DeMeo and Clarendon W. Anderson, as Amici Curiae, on behalf of Respondent. OPINION […]

Beck v. Superior Court , 20 Cal.2d 77 [Sac. No. 5470. In Bank. Mar. 30, 1942.] ETHEL BECK, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF MENDOCINO COUNTY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL William S. Van Dyke and W. H. Brunner for Petitioner. Lilburn Gibson and Mannon & Brazier for Respondents. OPINION SHENK, J. By this proceeding in […]

Rittenhouse v. Superior Court , 20 Cal.2d 71 [L. A. No. 18096. In Bank. Mar. 26, 1942.] CHARLES J. RITTENHOUSE, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent. COUNSEL Morris Lavine for Petitioner. J. H. O’Connor, County Counsel, Harold W. Kennedy, Assistant County Counsel, John F. Dockweiler, District Attorney, and W. E. Simpson, […]

Cohn v. Cohn , 20 Cal.2d 65 [S. F. No. 16564. In Bank. Mar. 25, 1942.] BERTHA COHN, Respondent, v. ALFRED COHN et al., Defendants; EDITH FISHER et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Joseph A. Brown, O’Connor, Neubarth & Moran, Tobin & Tobin, M. L. Choynski, Milton D. Sapiro, Norman A. Eisner, Frederick W. McNulty and Joseph […]

Estate of Mitchell , 20 Cal.2d 48 [S. F. No. 16393. In Bank. Mar. 24, 1942.] Estate of JAMES McL. MITCHELL, Deceased. PHILLIP I. MANSON et al., Appellants, v. O. L. HAMILTON, Respondent. COUNSEL Thos. A. Allan and Manson & Allan for Appellants. Stanley Peddler and Kenneth Ferguson for Respondent. OPINION SHENK, J. The executors […]

People v. Zemavasky , 20 Cal.2d 56 [Crim. No. 4378. In Bank. Mar. 24, 1942.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. NICK ZEMAVASKY, Appellant. COUNSEL James F. Brennan and Saul Perlis for Appellant. Earl Warren, Attorney General, Dennis Hession, William F. Cleary and David K. Lener, Deputies Attorney General, Matthew Brady, District Attorney, and John R. Golden, […]

Collins v. Bridge Investment Co. , 20 Cal.2d 52 [S. F. No. 16543. In Bank. Mar. 24, 1942.] CLARICE McC. COLLINS, Appellant, v. BRIDGE INVESTMENT COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL Alfred J. Hennessy for Appellant. Elliot W. Seymour for Respondent. OPINION SHENK, J. The plaintiff has appealed from a judgment quieting the defendant’s title to […]

People v. Briggs , 20 Cal.2d 42 [Crim. No. 4387. In Bank. Mar. 23, 1942.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. MAURICE LOUIS BRIGGS, Appellant. COUNSEL James O. Warner for Appellant. Earl Warren, Attorney General, and Gilbert F. Nelson and Frank Richards, Deputies Attorney General. [20 Cal.2d 44] OPINION EDMONDS, J. Maurice Briggs has been convicted of […]

Martin v. Riley , 20 Cal.2d 28 [S. F. No. 16718. In Bank. Mar. 23, 1942.] ARTHUR R. MARTIN et al., Petitioners, v. HARRY B. RILEY, as State Controller, Respondent. COUNSEL Robert Clifton for Petitioners. Earl Warren, Attorney General, and James H. Oakley and ChaS.W. Johnson, Deputies Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION SHENK, J. This […]

Rothschild v. Wolf , 20 Cal.2d 17 [Sac. No. 5375. In Bank. Mar. 23, 1942.] J. B. ROTHSCHILD et al., Respondents, v. FRANKLIN WOLF et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Nutter & Rutherford, Rutherford, Jacobs, Cavalero & Dietrich, Newton Rutherford, D. R. Jacobs, Philip Cavalero, Stephen Dietrich, Weinmann, Quayle & Berry and Donald K. Quayle for Appellants. […]

Maloney v. Mass. Bonding & Ins. Co. , 20 Cal.2d 1 [S. F. No. 16657. In Bank. Mar. 19, 1942.] BERNARD F. MALONEY, Appellant, v. MASSACHUSETTS BONDING AND INSURANCE COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL Hubbard & Hubbard for Appellant. William P. Caubu for Respondent. OPINION CURTIS, J. Plaintiff Bernard F. Maloney, previously an incompetent person, […]

Connell v. Bowes , 19 Cal.2d 870 [S. F. No. 16664. In Bank. Mar. 19, 1942.] JAMES P. CONNELL, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. E. L. BOWES et al., Respondents; HAROLD C. HOLMES, JR. et al., Cross- Defendants and Appellants. COUNSEL James R. Agee for Appellants. Bradford M. Melvin, Charles A. Christen, T. J. Keegan, Walter […]

Kim v. Chinn , 20 Cal.2d 12 [S. F. No. 16697. In Bank. Mar. 19, 1942.] EDWIN KIM, Respondent, v. O. S. CHINN et al., Appellants. COUNSEL A. B. Bianchi for Appellants. Manwell & Manwell and John L. McCarthy for Respondent. OPINION CARTER, J. Defendant Chinn, petitioner herein, has applied for a writ of supersedeas […]

Laisne v. Cal. State Board of Optometry , 19 Cal.2d 831 [L. A. No. 17578. In Bank. Mar. 16, 1942.] E. W. LAISNE, Appellant, v. THE CALIFORNIA STATE BOARD OF OPTOMETRY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL H. A. Savage and Lawrence W. Young for Appellant. Morris Lavine, Morse Craig and A. B. Bianchi as Amici Curiae […]

Consolidated Milk Producers v. Parker , 19 Cal.2d 815 [S. F. No. 16589. In Bank. Mar. 12, 1942.] CONSOLIDATED MILK PRODUCERS FOR SAN FRANCISCO (a Corporation), Petitioner, v. WILLIAM B. PARKER, as Director of Agriculture, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Bartley C. Crum and Philip S. Ehrlich for Petitioner. Earl Warren, Attorney General, and W. R. Augustine, […]

Pacific Coast Dairy v. Dept. of Agriculture , 19 Cal.2d 818 [S. F. No. 16694. In Bank. Mar. 12, 1942.] PACIFIC COAST DAIRY, INC. (a Corporation), Petitioner, v. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Vincent W. Hallinan and Carey Van Fleet for Petitioner. Frank J. Hennessy, United States Attorney, […]

Bernhard v. Bank of America , 19 Cal.2d 807 [L. A. No. 18057. In Bank. Mar. 6, 1942.] HELEN BERNHARD, as Administratrix, etc., Appellant, v. BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST & SAVINGS ASSOCIATION (a National Banking Association), Respondent. COUNSEL Joseph Brenner for Appellant. Louis Ferrari, Edmund Nelson and G. L. Berrey for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, […]

Weiner v. Roof , 19 Cal.2d 748 [L. A. No. 17299. In Bank. Mar. 5, 1942.] THEODORE WEINER, Appellant v. J. B. ROOF et al., Defendants; CITIZENS NATIONAL TRUST & SAVINGS BANK (a National Banking Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL I. Gralla and Henry O. Wackerbarth for Appellant. Chandler & Wright, John F. Gilbert and Oliver S. […]

Campbell v. Birch , 19 Cal.2d 778 [L. A. No. 17907. In Bank. Mar. 5, 1942.] ROY CAMPBELL, as Trustee, etc., Respondent, v. A. OTIS BIRCH et al., Appellants. COUNSEL George Acret, Clyde F. Murphy, Clifford A. Rohe, Robert W. Kenny and Morris E. Cohn for Appellants. Syril S. Tipton for Respondent. OPINION PETERS, J. […]

DeGarmo v. Goldman , 19 Cal.2d 755 [L. A. No. 17346. In Bank. Mar. 5, 1942.] G. C. DeGARMO, Respondent, v. A. GOLDMAN et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Frank M. Gunter for Appellant Shenberg. O. C. Sattinger for Appellant Golden State Glass Corporation. Newby & Newby and Mitchell, Silberberg, Roth & Knupp for Appellant Goldman. Glen […]