Category: 1942

City of Los Angeles v. Offner , 19 Cal.2d 483 [L. A. No. 18145. In Bank. Feb. 13, 1942.] CITY OF LOS ANGELES, Petitioner, v. MILTON OFFNER, as Secretary of the Board of Public Works, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Ray L. Chesebro, City Attorney, and Bourke Jones, Deputy City Attorney, for Petitioner. Paul E. Schwab as […]

In re Bell , 19 Cal.2d 488 [Crim. No. 4298.?In Bank.?Feb. 13, 1942.] In re RUFUS BELL et al., on Habeas Corpus. COUNSEL Andersen & Resner, George R. Andersen and Herbert Resner for Petitioners. [19 Cal.2d 491] Joseph L. Heenan, District Attorney (Yuba), and Erling S. Norby for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. Petitioners, members of […]

Metropolitan Water Dist. v. Adams , 19 Cal.2d 463 [L. A. No. 17511. In Bank. Feb. 11, 1942.] THE METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, Appellant, v. E. BENNETT ADAMS et al., Respondents. THE METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, Appellant, v. LAWRENCE HOLMES et al., Respondents. COUNSEL James H. Howard, Charles C. Cooper, Jr., […]

Bard v. Kent , 19 Cal.2d 449 [L. A. No. 17820. In Bank. Feb. 10, 1942.] BEN BARD, as Special Administrator, etc., Respondent, v. L. E. KENT, Individually and as Director, etc., Appellants. COUNSEL Bautzer & Ryan, Gregson Bautzer, G. Bentley Ryan, Perry Bertram and Bertin Weyl, Jr., for Appellants. Paul Vallee and Jerome H. […]

Hinds v. Wheadon , 19 Cal.2d 458 [L. A. No. 18075. In Bank. Feb. 10, 1942.] INA HINDS et al., Appellants, v. I. M. WHEADON et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Syril S. Tipton, John J. Ford and Marvin Wellins for Appellants. Joseph A. Ball and Kenneth Sperry for Respondents. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. This action was instituted […]

Laugharn v. Carter , 19 Cal.2d 454 [L. A. No. 17905. In Bank. Feb. 10, 1942.] HUBERT F. LAUGHARN, as Trustee, etc., Respondent, v. JAMES CARTER, as Director of Motor Vehicles, etc., et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Earl Warren, Attorney General, and H. H. Linney and R. S. McLaughlin, Deputies Attorney General, for Appellants. Howard V. […]

Druzanich v. Criley , 19 Cal.2d 439 [L. A. No. 17817. In Bank. Feb. 6, 1942.] GEORGE DRUZANICH, Appellant, v. DOROTHY CRILEY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Edward M. Raskin and Belmore D. Goulden for Appellant. Joe Crider, Jr., and John J. Ford for Respondents. OPINION THE COURT. Plaintiff appeals from a judgment in favor of […]

Whitechat v. Guyette , 19 Cal.2d 428 [L. A. No. 17813. In Bank. Feb. 6, 1942.] DAVID MICHAEL WHITECHAT, a Minor, etc., et al., Respondents, v. ERVINE O. GUYETTE, Appellant. COUNSEL Chester O. Hansen, John Said, G. F. Delamer and Schell & Delamer for Appellant. Gray, Cary, Ames & Driscoll, as Amici Curiae, on behalf […]

Monterey Penin. Airport Dist. v. Mason , 19 Cal.2d 446 [S. F. No. 16708. In Bank. Feb. 6, 1942.] MONTEREY PENINSULA AIRPORT DISTRICT, Petitioner, v. EDNA MASON, as Secretary, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Argyll Campbell for Petitioner. Orrick, Dahlquist, Neff & Herrington for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. By this proceeding in mandamus the Monterey Peninsula Airport […]

Butler v. Woodburn , 19 Cal.2d 420 [Sac. No. 5413. In Bank. Feb. 5, 1942.] E. F. BUTLER et al., Appellants, v. WALTER M. WOODBURN, Respondent. COUNSEL Harding J. McGuire, Orr M. Chenoweth and Chenoweth & Leininger for Appellants. W. E. Davies and J. E. Ebert for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. The plaintiffs brought this […]

First Nat. etc. Bk. v. Superior Court , 19 Cal.2d 409 [S. F. No. 16651. In Bank. Feb. 4, 1942.] THE FIRST NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK OF SAN DIEGO (a National Banking Corporation), Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent. COUNSEL Gray, Cary, Ames & Driscoll, John M. Cranston and James Archer […]

Wright v. Best , 19 Cal.2d 368 [Sac. No. 5393. In Bank. Feb. 3, 1942.] MARIE A. WRIGHT, Appellant, v. C. L. BEST, Respondent. COUNSEL Gilford G. Rowland, Wilson Craven and Rowland & Craven for Appellant. A. J. Just, Louis V. Skinner and Fitzgerald, Abbott & Beardsley for Respondent. OPINION EDMONDS, J. The appellant asserts […]

Erreca v. West. States Life Ins. Co. , 19 Cal.2d 388 [Sac. No. 5473. In Bank. Feb. 3, 1942.] MARTIN ERRECA, Respondent, v. WESTERN STATES LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Appellants. COUNSEL C. Ray Robinson, Downey, Brand & Seymour, Frederic R. Pierce and M. M. Doyle for Appellants. Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, Marshall […]

Estate of King , 19 Cal.2d 354 [Sac. No. 5356. In Bank. Feb. 3, 1942.] Estate of FRANK J. KING, Deceased. FRANK A. KING, Executor, etc., et al., Appellants, v. JOSEPHINE KING, Executrix, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Carter, Barrett & Carlton, Daniel S. Carlton, Oliver J. Carter and Ferol Thorpe for Appellants. George R. Freeman and […]

Wiles v. State Personnel Board , 19 Cal.2d 344 [Sac. No. 5490. In Bank. Feb. 2, 1942.] ELMER J. WILES, Appellant, v. STATE PERSONNEL BOARD et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Albert E. Sheets and Anthony J. Kennedy for Appellant. Earl Warren, Attorney General, and Wilmer W. Morse and Bayard Rhone, Deputies Attorney General, for Respondents. OPINION […]

Meyberg v. Superior Court , 19 Cal.2d 336 [L. A. No. 18010. In Bank. Feb. 2, 1942.] LEONARD J. MEYBERG, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent. [L. A. No. 18011. In Bank. Feb. 2, 1942.] MITCHELL S. MEYBERG, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent. [L. A. No. […]

Estate of Boggs , 19 Cal.2d 324 [L. A. No. 17567. In Bank. Feb. 2, 1942.] Estate of PAUL N. BOGGS, Deceased. JOSEPH I. KING, et al., as Executors, etc., Appellants, v. ELIZABETH B. BOGGS, as Executrix, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Joseph I. King for Appellants. Brooks Gifford and L. M. Reed for Respondent. OPINION CURTIS, […]

Greenberg v. Superior Court , 19 Cal.2d 319 [S. F. No. 16656. In Bank. Jan. 29, 1942.] MORRIS GREENBERG, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Respondent. COUNSEL James C. Purcell and William E. Ferriter for Petitioner. Matthew Brady, District Attorney, and John R. Golden, Assistant District Attorney for […]

People v. Crimm , 19 Cal.2d 314 [Crim. No. 4365. In Bank. Jan. 28, 1942.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. STEVE CRIMM, Appellant. COUNSEL Benjamin D. Frantz and Roy Daily for Appellant. Earl Warren, Attorney General, and J. Q. Brown, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. [19 Cal.2d 316] OPINION THE COURT. The appellant Crimm and three […]

District Bond Co. v. Pollack , 19 Cal.2d 304 [L. A. No. 17217. In Bank. Jan. 26, 1942.] DISTRICT BOND COMPANY (a Corporation), Plaintiff, v. FLORENCE POLLACK et al., Defendants; MARCUS ZASLAW, Intervener and Respondent; E. W. JOHNSON, Appellant. COUNSEL R. L. Carlisle for Appellant. Paul Magasin and Charles H. Heustis for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, […]

Sparks v. Berntsen , 19 Cal.2d 308 [Sac. No. 5497. In Bank. Jan. 26, 1942.] BERT SPARKS, Respondent, v. PAUL ANKER BERNTSEN et al., Appellants. [Sac. No. 5498. In Bank. Jan. 26, 1942.] JAMES L. JOHNSON, a Minor, etc., Respondent, v. PAUL ANKER BERNTSEN et al., Appellants. [Sac. No. 5499. In Bank. Jan. 26, 1942.] […]

Milgate v. Wraith , 19 Cal.2d 297 [Sac. No. 5504. In Bank. Jan. 21, 1942.] DORIS MILGATE, a Minor, etc., et al., Plaintiffs; FRANK E. MILGATE, Appellant, v. LAWRENCE WRAITH, Respondent. COUNSEL Ralph H. Lewis and A. G. Bailey for Appellant. Huston, Huston & Huston and Robert H. Schwab, Jr., for Respondent. Parker & Stanbury, […]

Ravizza v. Budd & Quinn, Inc. , 19 Cal.2d 289 [Sac. No. 5488. In Bank. Jan. 13, 1942.] FRED RAVIZZA, Appellant, v. BUDD & QUINN, INC. (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL Nathan G. Gray for Appellant. Adams & Griswold, Claude H. Adams and Hugh H. Griswold for Respondent. OPINION CARTER, J. On January 10, 1935, defendant, […]

Smith v. Kern County Medical Assn. , 19 Cal.2d 263 [L. A. No. 17336. In Bank. Jan. 12, 1942.] JOE SMITH, M.D., Appellant, v. KERN COUNTY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (an Unincorporated Association) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Borton, Petrini, Conron & Borton for Appellant. Alfred Siemon, Bennett Siemon, Hartley F. Peart and Howard Hassard for Respondents. [19 […]

Southern Pacific Co. v. Industrial Acc. Com. , 19 Cal.2d 281 [S. F. No. 16640. In Bank. Jan. 12, 1942.] SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY (a Corporation), Petitioner, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION and DORIS VELMA RODGERS et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Henley C. Booth, Burton Mason, W. I. Gilbert and W. L. Gilbert, Jr., for Petitioner. Everett A. […]