Category: 1944

House v. L. A. County Flood Control Dist. , 25 Cal.2d 384 [L. A. No. 18968. In Bank. Dec. 5, 1944.] LILLIAN CANDACE HOUSE, Appellant, v. LOS ANGELES COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT, Respondent. COUNSEL Henry M. Lee for Appellant. J. H. O’Connor, County Counsel, and S. V. O. Prichard, Assistant County Counsel, for Respondent. OPINION […]

Nicholson v. Henderson , 25 Cal.2d 375 [L. A. No. 18830. In Bank. Dec. 5, 1944.] WILLIAM M. NICHOLSON et al., Appellants, v. MABEL SCOTT HENDERSON, as Administratrix, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Earl Oakley and George R. Wickham for Appellants. William H. Haupt for Respondent. OPINION CURTIS, J. Appellants, plaintiffs in this action filed a complaint […]

Universal Cons. Oil Co. v. Byram , 25 Cal.2d 353 [L. A. No. 18121. In Bank. Dec. 5, 1944.] UNIVERSAL CONSOLIDATED OIL COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent, v. H. L. BYRAM, as County Tax Collector, etc., Appellant. [L. A. No. 18122. In Bank. Dec. 5, 1944.] LONG BEACH HARBOR OIL COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent, v. H. […]

People v. Wilson , 25 Cal.2d 341 [Crim. No. 4572. In Bank. Dec. 1, 1944.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. MAE A. WILSON, Appellant. COUNSEL Morris Lavine for Appellant. Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, Frank Richards and T. G. Negrich, Deputies Attorney General, Fred N. Howser, District Attorney, and Jere J. Sullivan, Deputy District Attorney, for […]

People v. Fox , 25 Cal.2d 330 [Crim. No. 4561. In Bank. Dec. 1, 1944.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. ABE FOX, Appellant. COUNSEL Morris Lavine for Appellant. Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, T. G. Negrich and Frank Richards, Deputies Attorney General, Fred N. Howser, District Attorney, and Jere J. Sullivan, Deputy District Attorney, for Respondent. […]

Estate of Heard , 25 Cal.2d 322 [L. A. No. 18744. In Bank. Dec. 1, 1944.] Estate of EMMA C. HEARD, Deceased. JOHN W. HEARD, JR., Respondent, v. BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION (a National Banking Association) et al., Appellants. COUNSEL A. H. Conard, Calkins, Hall, Linforth & Conard, Harry M. Conron, […]

Winslow v. Harold G. Ferguson Corp. , 25 Cal.2d 274 [L. A. No. 18836. In Bank. Nov. 28, 1944.] GLENN WINSLOW et al., Plaintiffs; ELLA STROMGREN, as Executrix, etc., Substituted Plaintiff in Intervention, v. HAROLD G. FERGUSON CORPORATION (a Corporation) et al., Defendants; RAYMOND TREMAINE, Appellant; R. E. ALLEN et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Tuttle & […]

Crowe v. McBride , 25 Cal.2d 318 [L. A. No. 19116. In Bank. Nov. 28, 1944.] BERTHA CROWE et al., Appellants, v. R. J. McBRIDE, Respondent. COUNSEL Harry P. Sweet for Appellants. Gray, Cary, Ames & Driscoll for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. Plaintiffs, husband and wife, brought this action for damages for personal injuries suffered […]

Libarian v. State Bar , 25 Cal.2d 314 [L. A. No. 19092. In Bank. Nov. 28, 1944.] M. (MANASSE) STEPHEN LIBARIAN, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL M. Stephen Libarian, in pro. per., for Petitioner. Jerold E. Weil for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. This proceeding was brought to review an order of […]

Kreling v. Superior Court , 25 Cal.2d 305 [L. A. No. 19069. In Bank. Nov. 28, 1944.] MIKE KRELING, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Leo V. Youngworth for Petitioner. J. H. O’Connor, County Counsel, Douglas De Coster, Deputy County Counsel, and Alfred Gitelson for Respondents. OPINION CURTIS, […]

Lund v. Pacific Electric Railway Co. , 25 Cal.2d 287 [L. A. No. 19046. In Bank. Nov. 28, 1944.] JEANNENE JOY LUND, a Minor, etc. et al., Appellants, v. PACIFIC ELECTRIC RAILWAY COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL Paul Blackwood and Samuel P. Young for Appellants. Frank Karr, C. W. Cornell and O. O. Collins for […]

Stockton v. Department of Employment , 25 Cal.2d 264 [Sac. No. 5639. In Bank. Nov. 24, 1944.] ROY S. STOCKTON, Respondent, v. DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Earl Warren, Attorney General, Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, and John J. Dailey, Deputy Attorney General, for Appellants. Anthony J. Kennedy […]

Rice v. Schmid , 25 Cal.2d 259 [L. A. No. 19018. In Bank. Nov. 24, 1944.] R. L. RICE, Appellant, v. AUGUSTA SCHMID, as Administratrix, etc., et al., Respondents. COUNSEL H. M. Lineman, Mab Copland Lineman and Benjamin Lewis for Appellant. W. W. Wallace for Respondents. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. On a prior appeal by plaintiff […]

Lutheran Hospital Soc. v. County of L. A. , 25 Cal.2d 254 [L. A. No. 19076. In Bank. Nov. 21, 1944.] LUTHERAN HOSPITAL SOCIETY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (a Corporation), Appellant, v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Musick, Burrell & Pinney, Howard Burrell, Anson B. Jackson, Jr., Philip C. Jones and Eugene M. […]

Donahoo v. Kress House Moving Corp. , 25 Cal.2d 237 [L. A. No. 19068. In Bank. Nov. 21, 1944] LETTIE DONAHOO, Respondent, v. KRESS HOUSE MOVING CORPORATION (a Corporation) et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Frank W. Woodhead and Henry E. Kappler for Appellants. Irving E. Read for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. After hearing granted and oral […]

Pashley v. Pacific Electric Railway Co. , 25 Cal.2d 226 [L. A. No. 19058. In Bank. Nov. 21, 1944.] JOHN W. PASHLEY Appellant, v. PACIFIC ELECTRIC RAILWAY COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Daniel A. Knapp for Appellant. Frank Karr, C. W. Cornell and O. O. Collins for Respondents. OPINION SHENK, J. Plaintiff appealed […]

Cooney v. Cooney , 25 Cal.2d 202 [L. A. No. 18720. In Bank. Nov. 17, 1944.] ELNA COONEY, Plaintiff, v. ERNEST ALFRED COONEY, Appellant; F. J. ROOT, Respondent. COUNSEL W. H. Weddell and Martin J. Coughlin for Appellant. F. J. Root, in pro. per., for Respondent. OPINION CARTER, J. Plaintiff and defendant are husband and […]

People v. Nagle , 25 Cal.2d 216 [Crim. No. 4557. In Bank. Nov. 17, 1944.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. DJORY NAGLE, Appellant. [Crim. No. 4559. In Bank. Nov. 17, 1944.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. LUCILLE EYRE et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Willard W. Shea, Public Defender for Appellants Nagle et al. No appearance for Appellant Eyre. […]

Granell v. Industrial Acc. Com. , 25 Cal.2d 209 [L. A. No. 19130. In Bank. Nov. 17, 1944.] MARGUERITE GRANELL, Petitioner, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Hiram T. Kellog for Petitioner. Everett A. Corten, Dan Murphy, Jr., and J. L. Kearney for Respondents. OPINION CARTER, J. Decedent, Jonas D. Granell, sustained injuries […]

People v. Keeling , 25 Cal.2d 196 [Crim. No. 4569. In Bank. Nov. 14, 1944.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. ERNEST KEELING, Appellant. [Crim. No. 4570. In Bank. Nov. 14, 1944.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. HURSHEL GLENN, Appellant. COUNSEL No appearance for Appellants. No appearance for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. The defendants were jointly charged with […]

People v. McCoy , 25 Cal.2d 177 [Crim. No. 4552. In Bank. Nov. 14, 1944.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. SAMUEL McCOY, Appellant. COUNSEL Albert G. Bergman for Appellant. Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, David K. Lener and Frank Richards, Deputies Attorney General, Fred N. Howser, District Attorney, and Jere J. Sullivan and Robert Wheeler, Deputies […]

Bechtel etc. Corp. v. Industrial Acc. Com. , 25 Cal.2d 171 [L. A. No. 19075. In Bank. Nov. 14, 1944.] BECHTEL McCONE PARSONS CORPORATION (a Corporation), Petitioner, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION and IRA L. FULMER, Respondents. COUNSEL Thelen, Marrin, Johnson & Bridges and Gardiner Johnson for Petitioner. Everett A. Corten and Dan Murphy, Jr., for […]

People v. Cavazos , 25 Cal.2d 198 [Crim. No. 4578. In Bank. Nov. 14, 1944.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. ALFRED CAVAZOS, Appellant. COUNSEL Gerald J. Kenny, Public Defender, and Abraham M. Dresow, Assistant Public Defender, for Appellant. Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, and David K. Lener, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION SHENK, J. This […]

Mazzotta v. Los Angeles Ry. Corp. , 25 Cal.2d 165 [L. A. No. 19013. In Bank. Nov. 10, 1944.] JANE MAZZOTTA, Appellant, v. LOS ANGELES RAILWAY CORPORATION (a Corporation) et al., Defendants; SAMUEL FINKELSTEIN, Respondent. COUNSEL Russell Hardy and Eugene E. Sax for Appellant. Parker & Stanbury, Harry D. Parker and Vernon W. Hunt for […]

Fall v. State Bar , 25 Cal.2d 149 [L. A. No. 18882. In Bank. Nov. 6, 1944.] DAVID A. FALL, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL Philbrick McCoy, George K. Ford and Robert E. Ford for Petitioner. Clifton A. Hix, Milso S. Smith, Hugh Rotchford, Royal S. Riddle and Joseph E. Madden […]