Category: 1943

Cal. Cas. Ind. Exch. v. Industrial Acc. Com. , 21 Cal.2d 751 [S. F. No. 16834. In Bank. Mar. 19, 1943.] CALIFORNIA CASUALTY INDEMNITY EXCHANGE (a Corporation), Petitioner, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION and CECELIA E. COOPER, Respondents. COUNSEL Burbank & Laumeister for Petitioner. Everett A. Corten and Dan Murphy, Jr., for Respondents. OPINION GRIFFIN, J. […]

McGrath v. State Bar , 21 Cal.2d 737 [S. F. No. 16835. In Bank. Mar. 15, 1943.] THOMAS R. McGRATH, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL Thomas R. McGrath, in pro. per., for Petitioner. George W. Wilson and Jerold E. Weil for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. By an order to show cause […]

Austin v. Hallmark Oil Co. , 21 Cal.2d 718 [L. A. No. 17989. In Bank. Mar. 11, 1943.] JOHN W. AUSTIN et al., Respondents, v. HALLMARK OIL COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Luce, Forward, Lee & Kunzel, Borton, Petrini, Conron & Borton, Schell & Delamer and L. W. Frankley for Appellants. Charles C. […]

Willson v. Security-First National Bank , 21 Cal.2d 705 [L. A. No. 18478. In Bank. Mar. 3, 1943.] BIRDETTA WILLSON, Appellant, v. SECURITY-FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF LOS ANGELES (a National Banking Association) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Walter R. Powers and Lewis C. Teegarden for Appellant. [21 Cal.2d 707] Newlin & Ashburn and A. W. Ashburn […]

Shearer v. Cooper , 21 Cal.2d 695 [L. A. No. 18125. In Bank. Mar. 2, 1943.] DOUGLAS G. SHEARER et al., Respondents, v. CHARLES E. COOPER, Appellant. COUNSEL Jerry Giesler, Gray, Cary, Ames & Driscoll, J. G. Driscoll, Jr., and John M. Cranston for Appellant. Gang & Kopp, Martin Gang and Robert E. Kopp for […]

People v. Huston , 21 Cal.2d 690 [Crim. No. 4439. In Bank. Mar. 1, 1943.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. LOUIS ARBY HUSTON, Appellant. COUNSEL Gladys Towles Root for Appellant. Earl Warren, Attorney General, and Bayard Rhone, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION EDMONDS, J. The appellant was convicted of violating section 288 of the Penal […]

Linney v. State Bar , 21 Cal.2d 688 [L. A. No. 18507. In Bank. Mar. 1, 1943.] ROBERT T. LINNEY, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL Buel R. Wood for Petitioner. Hallam Mathews and Jerold E. Weil for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. Petitioner seeks a review of disciplinary proceedings in which the […]

Marlenee v. Brown, 21 Cal.2d 668 [L. A. No. 17765. In Bank. Mar. 1, 1943.] PHOEBE A. MARLENEE, as Executrix, etc., Appellant, v. JAMES E. BROWN et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Vere Radir Norton, W. H. Gregory, Finlayson, Bennett & Morrow and Frank G. Finlayson for Appellant. Milo V. Olson, Howard Painter, M. J. Rankin, R. […]

Vallera v. Vallera , 21 Cal.2d 681 [L. A. No. 18263. In Bank. Mar. 1, 1943.] MARIAN VALLERA, Respondent, v. CONCEZIO VALLERA, Appellant. COUNSEL Zagon & Aaron, S. S. Zagon and L. B. Minter for Appellant. William Ellis Lady for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. Plaintiff brought this action for separate maintenance and for a division […]

Hicks v. Reis , 21 Cal.2d 654 [L. A. No. 18523. In Bank. Feb. 26, 1943.] DORRANCE P. HICKS et al., Respondents, v. JOHN REIS et al., Defendants; FRED W. GRAY, Appellant. COUNSEL Jennings & Belcher, Frank B. Belcher and Louis E. Kearney for Appellant. James C. Hollingsworth, Henderson & Churchill and E. Perry Churchill […]

Salvation Army v. Security-First National Bank , 21 Cal.2d 892 [L. A. No. 18086. In Bank. Feb. 25, 1943.] THE SALVATION ARMY (a Corporation) et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. SECURITY-FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF LOS ANGELES (a National Banking Association) et al., Defendants and Respondents; ERNEST P. WELLMAN, Appellant. COUNSEL Winterer & Ritchie and L. […]

Security-First National Bank v. Tracy , 21 Cal.2d 652 [L. A. No. 18085. In Bank. Feb. 25, 1943.] SECURITY-FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF LOS ANGELES (a National Banking Association), as Trustee, etc., Plaintiff and Respondent, v. MARY TRACY et al., Defendants and Respondents; ERNEST P. WELLMAN, Appellant. COUNSEL Winterer & Ritchie and L. S. B. Ritchie […]

Larrabee v. Tracy , 21 Cal.2d 645 [L. A. No. 18084. In Bank. Feb. 25, 1943.] EDITH LARRABEE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. MARY TRACY et al., Defendants and Respondents; ERNEST P. WELLMAN, Individually and as Executor, etc., Appellant. COUNSEL Winterer & Ritchie and L. S. B. Ritchie for Appellant. [21 Cal.2d 646] J. B. Mandel, […]

Metropolitan W. Dist. v. Co. of Riverside, 21 Cal.2d 640 [L. A. No. 17896. In Bank. Feb. 24, 1943.] THE METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, Appellant, v. COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE, Respondent. COUNSEL James H. Howard, Arthur A. Weber, Ray W. Bruce, Charles C. Cooper, Jr., and Donald M. Keith for Appellant. Harry W. Horton, […]

Panos v. Great Western Packing Co., 21 Cal.2d 636 [L. A. No. 18479. In Bank. Feb. 23, 1943.] TOM PANOS, Appellant, v. GREAT WESTERN PACKING COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL Romaine Hogan for Appellant. Jennings & Belcher, Stevens Fargo and Louis E. Kearney for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. This is an action for damages for […]

Hise v. Superior Court , 21 Cal.2d 614 [S. F. No. 16815. In Bank. Feb. 19, 1943.] HARLEY HISE, as Building and Loan Commissioner, etc., Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent. COUNSEL B. E. Ahlport, W. G. Harmon, Roy D. Reese, George S. Dennison and James E. Burns for Petitioner. J. […]

Trede v. Superior Court , 21 Cal.2d 630 [S. F. No. 16827. In Bank. Feb. 19, 1943.] BABETTE M. TREDE, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Respondent; PACIFIC STATES SAVINGS AND LOAN COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Interveners. COUNSEL Athearn, Chandler & Farmer and Philip H. Angell for […]

Rosecrans v. Pacific Electric Railway Co. , 21 Cal.2d 602 [L. A. No. 18171. In Bank. Feb. 17, 1943.] WILLIAM S. ROSECRANS et al., Appellants, v. PACIFIC ELECTRIC RAILWAY COMPANY (a Corporation), et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Paul Overton and J. G. Leovy for Appellants. Frank Karr, C. W. Cornell and Randolph Karr for Respondents. OPINION […]

Silberman v. Industrial Acc. Com. , 21 Cal.2d 609 [L. A. No. 18516. In Bank. Feb. 17, 1943.] L. H. SILBERMAN, Petitioner, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION, IRVIN CLARK et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Joseph H. Dasteel for Petitioner. Everett A. Corten and J. Gould for Respondents. OPINION SHENK, J. The Industrial Accident Commission held the petitioner, […]

Scudder Food Products v. Ginsberg , 21 Cal.2d 596 [L. A. No. 17939. In Bank. Feb. 17, 1943.] SCUDDER FOOD PRODUCTS, INC. (a Corporation), Appellant, v. MAX I. GINSBERG et al., Respondents. COUNSEL W. I. Gilbert, Jr., and Jean Wunderlich for Appellant. [21 Cal.2d 597] Sherman & Sherman, Austin Sherman and W. B. Thomas for […]

Reynolds v. Reynolds , 21 Cal.2d 580 [L. A. No. 17925. In Bank. Feb. 16, 1943.] HELENE LOUISE REYNOLDS, Respondent, v. JACOB GEORGE REYNOLDS, Appellant. COUNSEL Freston & Files, Gordon L. Files and Ralph E. Lewis for Appellant. Leonard Comegys for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. An interlocutory judgment of divorce, entered on October 24, 1933, […]

Estate of Baldwin , 21 Cal.2d 586 [L. A. Nos. 18111, 18206. In Bank. Feb. 16, 1943.] Estate of ANITA M. BALDWIN, Deceased. LOUIS M. LISSNER, as Receiver, etc., Appellant, v. BALDWIN M. BALDWIN, as Executor, etc., et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Louis M. Lissner, in pro. per., Loeb & Loeb and Laurence M. Weinberg for […]

Estate of Perkins , 21 Cal.2d 561 [L. A. No. 17928. In Bank. Feb. 11, 1943.] Estate of ELLA WALLACE PERKINS, Deceased. LILLIAN MIDDLEBROOK, as Administratrix, etc., Appellant, v. CLIFFORD L. PERKINS, Respondent. COUNSEL George Appell and Harry A. Mock for Appellant. C. H. Hartke and Freeman R. Brant for Respondent. OPINION EDMONDS, J. The […]

Middlebrook v. Superior Court , 21 Cal.2d 579 [L. A. No. 18000. In Bank. Feb. 11, 1943.] LILLIAN MIDDLEBROOK, Individually and as Administratrix, etc., Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL George Appell and Harry A. Mock for Petitioner. C. H. Hartke and Freeman R. Brant for Respondents. OPINION […]

Richardson v. Royal Indemnity Co. , 21 Cal.2d 557 [L. A. No. 18529. In Bank. Feb. 9, 1943.] F. L. RICHARDSON, as Administrator de bonis non, etc., Appellant, v. ROYAL INDEMNITY COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL F. L. Richardson, in pro. per., for Appellant. Gray, Cary, Ames & Driscoll and Burton D. Wood for Respondent. […]