Category: 1943

Sipper v. Urban , 22 Cal.2d 138 [L. A. No. 18567. In Bank. May 3, 1943.] ALBERT ABRAHAM SIPPER, Appellant, v. CLARENCE URBAN, as Real Estate Commissioner, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Silverman & Hindin and Maurice J. Hindin for Appellant. Earl Warren, Attorney General, Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, and Bayard Rhone, Deputy Attorney General, for […]

People v. Allen , 22 Cal.2d 191 [Crim. No. 4448. In Bank. May 3, 1943.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. JOSEPH ALLEN, Appellant. COUNSEL Morris Lavine for Appellant. Earl Warren, Attorney General, and Frank Richards, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION EDMONDS, J. With the exception of testimony concerning messages received by telephone, the evidence upon […]

Krum v. Malloy , 22 Cal.2d 132 [L. A. No. 18546. In Bank. May 3, 1943.] MARIE KRUM et al., Appellants, v. CLAIRE E. MALLOY, Respondent. COUNSEL Luce, Forward, Lee & Kunzel for Appellants. Mills & Wood for Respondent. OPINION SCHAUER, J. Plaintiffs sue to recover damages for the alleged wrongful deaths (Code Civ. Proc., […]

Funeral Dir. Assn. v. Board of Funeral Dirs. , 22 Cal.2d 104 [L. A. No. 18604. In Bank. Apr. 30, 1943.] THE FUNERAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION OF LOS ANGELES AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (a Voluntary Association), Appellant, v. BOARD OF FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALMERS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA et al., Respondents; BURTON H. ARMSTRONG et al., […]

Caminetti v. Pacific Mutual Life Ins. Co. , 22 Cal.2d 77 [L. A. No. 18391. In Bank. Apr. 30, 1943.] A. CAMINETTI, JR., as Insurance Commissioner, etc., Appellant, v. THE PACIFIC MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA (a Corporation) et al., Respondents. [L. A. No. 18396. In Bank. Apr. 30, 1943.] A. CAMINETTI, JR., as […]

Burlingham v. Gray , 22 Cal.2d 87 [L. A. No. 18582. In Bank. Apr. 30, 1943.] WINIFRED E. BURLINGHAM et al., Appellants, v. JOHN W. GRAY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Dorothy Thompson and Raymond Thompson for Appellants. Blodget & Tobias for Respondents. OPINION SCHAUER, J. This is an action for damages for the wrongful death […]

Clinkscales v. Carver , 22 Cal.2d 72 [L. A. No. 18480. In Bank. Apr. 29, 1943.] LOIS A. CLINKSCALES et al., Respondents, v. HERMAN ROLAND CARVER, Appellant. COUNSEL Hickcox & Provence and Ross T. Hickcox for Appellant. Syril S. Tipton and John J. Ford for Respondents. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. This action was brought to recover […]

Dobbins v. Title Guarantee & Trust Co. , 22 Cal.2d 64 [L. A. No. 18580. In Bank. Apr. 26, 1943.] HORACE M. DOBBINS, Respondent, v. TITLE GUARANTEE AND TRUST COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL Arch. H. Vernon, Earl E. Johnson, Gilbert E. Harris, M. J. Rankin, John O. Palstine and Milo V. Olson for Appellant. […]

McDaniels v. Clavin , 22 Cal.2d 61 [L. A. No. 18553. In Bank. Apr. 24, 1943.] LOUIS McDANIELS et al., Plaintiffs; BERNARD SILVER, Appellant, v. CARL CLAVIN, Respondent. COUNSEL Phillip W. Silver for Appellant. Henry Haves and C. L. Gardner for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. Louis McDaniels and Bernard Silver brought this action to recover […]

Eastman Oil etc. Corp. v. Lane-Wells Co. , 21 Cal.2d 872 [L. A. No. 18186. In Bank. Apr. 23, 1943.] EASTMAN OIL WELL SURVEY CORPORATION (a Corporation) et al., Respondents, v. LANE-WELLS COMPANY (a Corporation) Appellant. COUNSEL Raphael Dechter and B. L. Hoyt for Appellant. Houser & Houser, Swaffield & Swaffield and Roland G. Swaffield […]

Narlian v. State Bar , 21 Cal.2d 876 [L. A. No. 18490. In Bank. Apr. 23, 1943.] A. P. MICHAEL NARLIAN, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent, COUNSEL Joseph Musgrove for Petitioner. Jerold E. Weil and Stanley M. Arndt for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. This is a proceeding to review a recommendation of […]

Petersen v. State Bar , 21 Cal.2d 866 [S. F. No. 16782. In Bank. Apr. 22, 1943.] CEDRIC W. PETERSEN, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL Cedric W. Petersen, in pro. per., for Petitioner. Carl W. Wynkoop for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. The petitioner was charged with violations of his oath and […]

Libarian v. State Bar , 21 Cal.2d 862 [L. A. No. 18544. In Bank. Apr. 19, 1943.] M. (MANASSE) STEPHEN LIBARIAN, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL M. Stephen Libarian, in pro per., for Petitioner. Josephine M. Elmore and Jerold E. Weil for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. In May, 1942, the petitioner, […]

Frazure v. Fitzpatrick , 21 Cal.2d 851 [L. A. No. 18160. In Bank. Apr. 19, 1943.] FORMAN A. FRAZURE, as Administrator, etc., Respondent, v. HAROLD P. FITZPATRICK, Appellant. COUNSEL E. Llewellyn Overholt for Appellant. Nixon A. Lange for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. This cause was transferred to this court after decision by the District Court […]

Puckett v. Puckett , 21 Cal.2d 833 [L. A. No. 17839. In Bank. Apr. 12, 1943.] YNEZ H. PUCKETT, Respondent, v. T. LYELL PUCKETT, Appellant. COUNSEL Parker & Irwin and Don S. Irwin for Appellant. Leonard Comegys for Respondent. OPINION CARTER, J. On March 23, 1933, plaintiff, Ynez H. Puckett, was awarded an interlocutory decree […]

Murphy v. Krumm , 21 Cal.2d 845 [L. A. No. 18481. In Bank. Apr. 12, 1943.] LELAND S. MURPHY et al., Respondents, v. THEODORE KRUMM et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Theodore G. Krumm and R. Bruce Findlay for Appellants. Ernest Clewe and U. F. Lewis for Respondents. OPINION CURTIS, J. This is a motion by plaintiffs […]

Dare v. Board of Medical Examiners , 21 Cal.2d 790 [S. F. No. 16609. In Bank. Apr. 7, 1943.] JOHN FRANKLIN DARE, Appellant, v. BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA et al., Respondents. COUNSEL M. Jas. McGranaghan for Appellant. Earl Warren, Attorney General, and Thomas Coakley, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondents. OPINION […]

Russell v. Miller , 21 Cal.2d 817 [S. F. No. 16829. In Bank. Apr. 7, 1943.] NORMAN RUSSELL, Respondent, v. ALLEN MILLER, as Registrar of Contractors, etc., et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Earl Warren, Attorney General, Lucas E. Kilkenny, J. Albert Hutchinson and Allen Martin, Deputies Attorney General, for Appellants. Geary & Geary, C.J. Tauzer, Bradford […]

Sutter-Yuba Invest. Co. v. Waste , 21 Cal.2d 781 [Sac. No. 5586. In Bank. Apr. 7, 1943.] SUTTER-YUBA INVESTMENT COMPANY (a Corporation), Petitioner, v. HELEN WASTE, as County Auditor, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Rich & Weis for Petitioner. Thomas C. Boone, A. L. Cowell, Hankins & Hankins, Ronald B. Harris, Harry W. Horton, W. H. Jennings, […]

Washer v. Bank of America , 21 Cal.2d 822 [S. F. No. 16848. In Bank. Apr. 7, 1943.] EDWARD C. WASHER, Appellant, v. BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION (a National Banking Association) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL William H. Mackay for Appellant. Louis Ferrari, G. D. Schilling and Kenneth M. Johnson for Respondents. […]

Ferroni v. Pacific Finance Corp. , 21 Cal.2d 773 [S. F. No. 16776. In Bank. Apr. 1, 1943.] AURELIA FERRONI, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. PACIFIC FINANCE CORPORATION OF CALIFORNIA (a Corporation), Defendant and Appellant; JOHN T. McCONNVILLE et al., Respondents. SERAFINO FERRONI et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. PACIFIC FINANCE CORPORATION OF CALIFORNIA (a Corporation), […]

Guardianship of Russell , 21 Cal.2d 767 [S. F. No. 16424. In Bank. Mar. 29, 1943.] Guardianship of the Person and Estate of LILLIAN F. RUSSELL, an Incompetent Person. GEORGE M. CLARK, Appellant, v. KATHARINE RUSSELL BOSWORTH, Respondent. COUNSEL Morrison, Hohfeld, Foerster, Shuman & Clark for Appellant. Linforth, Cannon & Miller, William C. Stein and […]

People v. Costello , 21 Cal.2d 760 [Crim. No. 4432. In Bank. Mar. 25, 1943.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. JUNE COSTELLO, Appellant. COUNSEL Kenneth C. Zwerin and Fabian D. Brown for Appellant. Earl Warren, Attorney General, and David K. Lener, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION SHENK, J. The defendant has appealed from a judgment […]

Bethlehem Steel Co. v. Industrial Accident Commission, 21 Cal.2d 893 [S. F. No. 16819. In Bank. Mar. 19, 1943.] BETHLEHEM STEEL COMPANY (a Corporation), Petitioner, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION and CHESTER B. ASHBY, Respondents. COUNSEL R. P. Wisecarver for Petitioner. Everett A. Corten and Dan Murphy, Jr., for Respondents. OPINION OF THE COURT Memorandum GRIFFIN, […]

Bethlehem Steel Co. v. Industrial Acc. Com. , 21 Cal.2d 742 [S. F. No. 16828. In Bank. Mar. 19, 1943.] BETHLEHEM STEEL COMPANY (a Corporation), Petitioner, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION, LOVINE GEORGE et al., Respondents. COUNSEL R. P. Wisecarver for Petitioner. Everett A. Corten and Dan Murphy, Jr., for Respondents. [21 Cal.2d 743] OPINION GRIFFIN, […]