Category: 1944

People v. Pay Less Drug Store , 25 Cal.2d 108 [S. F. No. 16665. In Bank. Nov. 1, 1944.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. PAY LESS DRUG STORE (a Copartnership) et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Appelbaum & Mitchell, W. R. Griswold and Lewis N. Mitchell for Appellants. Ralph E. Hoyt, District Attorney, J. F. Coakley, Chief Assistant […]

Copren v. State Bar , 25 Cal.2d 129 [S. F. Nos. 16968, 17017. In Bank. Nov. 1, 1944.] JOHN V. COPREN, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL John V. Copren, in pro. per., for Petitioner. Erwin C. Easton and Jerold E. Weil for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. Petitioner seeks a review by […]

Roche v. Roche , 25 Cal.2d 141 [S.F. No. 16977. In Bank. Nov. 1, 1944.] MARGARET ROCHE, Appellant, v. JOSEPH E. ROCHE, Respondent. COUNSEL Phillip Barnett and Robert L. Dreyfus for Appellant. No appearance for Respondent. OPINION CARTER, J. Respondent and appellant are husband and wife, and after living together for eleven years, they separated […]

Mitchell v. Ceazan Tires, Ltd. , 25 Cal.2d 45 [L. A. No. 18690. In Bank. Oct. 31, 1944.] ALFRED D. MITCHELL et al., Appellants, v. CEAZAN TIRES, LTD., Respondent. COUNSEL L. D. Uhlman for Appellants. Charles J. Katz, Alfred Gitelson, Mose Katzen and Samuel W. Blum for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. On March 21, 1940, […]

People v. Holt , 25 Cal.2d 59[Crim. No. 4526. In Bank. Oct. 31, 1944.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. HENRY HARDING HOLT, Appellant. COUNSEL Ward Sullivan and Jerry Giesler for Appellant. Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, and David K. Lener, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION SCHAUER, J. The defendant was charged with the murder of […]

Lloyd v. Murphy , 25 Cal.2d 48 [L. A. No. 18738. In Bank. Oct. 31, 1944.] CAROLINE A. LLOYD et al., Respondents, v. WILLIAM J. MURPHY, Appellant. COUNSEL ChaS.W. Rollinson and Wm. Roy Ives for Appellant. Albert W. Leeds for Respondents. Schultheis & Laybourne and Clifford E. Royston as Amici Curiae on behalf of Respondents. […]

Wells Fargo & Co. v. City etc. of S. F. , 25 Cal.2d 37 [S. F. No. 16889. In Bank. Oct. 24, 1944.] WELLS FARGO & COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant, v. CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Respondent. [S. F. No. 16890. In Bank. Oct. 24, 1944.] WELLS FARGO & COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant, v. […]

Penaat v. State Bar , 25 Cal.2d 26 [S. F. No. 17016. In Bank. Oct. 20, 1944.] WILLIAM H. PENAAT, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL Leo R. Friedman for Petitioner. Jerold E. Weil for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. Petitioner seeks a review and the dismissal of a disciplinary proceeding wherein it […]

Peebler v. Olds , 25 Cal.2d 23 [L. A. No. 19098. In Bank. Oct. 20, 1944.] BYRON PEEBLER et al., Respondents, v. B. C. OLDS et al., Appellants. COUNSEL J. M. Danziger for Appellants. Roland Maxwell for Respondents. OPINION SHENK, J. This is an application for the writ of supersedeas to stay execution on a […]

Estate of Rule , 25 Cal.2d 1 [Sac. No. 5607. In Bank. Oct. 16, 1944.] Estate of CHARLES HENRY STONE RULE, Deceased. ALEX McCLUSKEY, Respondent, v. WALLACE L. WARE et al., as Executors, etc., Appellants. COUNSEL Young, Hudson & Rabinowitz for Appellants. Barrett & McConnell and A. Dal Thomson for Respondent. Breed, Burpee & Robinson […]

In re Wallace , 24 Cal.2d 933 [Crim. No. 4440. In Bank. Oct. 2, 1944.] In re GEORGE WALLACE, On Habeas Corpus. COUNSEL Aubrey Grossman, Herbert Resner and Natalie J. Holly for Petitioner. Earl Warren, Attorney General, Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, T. G. Negrich and John Quincy Brown, Deputies Attorney General, Ralph E. Hoyt, […]

Collins v. Riley , 24 Cal.2d 912 [S. F. No. 17019. In Bank. Oct. 2, 1944.] SAM L. COLLINS, Petitioner, v. HARRY B. RILEY, as State Controller, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Fred B. Wood, Joseph W. Paulucci and Sidney L. Weinstock for Petitioner. Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, ChaS.W. Johnson, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, and Raymond […]

Estate of Micheletti , 24 Cal.2d 904 [S. F. No. 16884. In Bank. Sept. 22, 1944.] Estate of ARTURO MICHELETTI, Deceased. FOSCA PUCHEU, Appellant, v. BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION (a National Banking Association), as Executor, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Bernard Nugent and John J. Taaffe for Appellant. J. W. Coleberd for Respondent. […]

People v. Klopstock , 24 Cal.2d 897 [S. F. No. 17009. In Bank. Sept. 19, 1944.] THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. MATHILDE KLOPSTOCK et al., Defendants; NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Defendants and Respondents; BERT ELERDING, Appellant. COUNSEL Randolph V. Whiting and Henry F. Wrigley for Appellant. Holloway Jones, George C. […]

Wulfjen v. Dolton , 24 Cal.2d 878 [L. A. No. 18721. In Bank. Sept. 15, 1944.] EDITH S. WULFJEN, Appellant, v. O. L. DOLTON, Jr., et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Thomas F. McCue and Mildred L. Zingals for Appellant. Daily & Gallaudet and Paul Angelillo for Respondents. OPINION CURTIS, J. [1] This is an appeal from […]

Wulfjen v. Dolton , 24 Cal.2d 891 [L. A. No. 18895. In Bank. Sept. 15, 1944.] EDITH S. WULFJEN, Appellant, v. O. L. DOLTON, JR., et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Thomas F. McCue and Mildred L. Zingals for Appellant. Daily & Gallaudet and Paul Angelillo for Respondents. OPINION CURTIS, J. The propriety of the trial court’s […]

People v. Gonzales , 24 Cal.2d 870 [Crim. No. 4546. In Bank. Sept. 12, 1944.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. THEODORE GONZALES, Appellant. COUNSEL William G. Kenney and James A. Starritt for Appellant. Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, and T. G. Negrich, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION SHENK, J. The defendant was convicted by a […]

Wettlin v. State Bar , 24 Cal.2d 862 [S. F. No. 17026. In Bank. Sept. 8, 1944.] DAVID G. WETTLIN, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL N. D. Meyer for Petitioner. Jerold E. Weil and Jack J. Rimel for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. The above-named petitioner, David G. Wettlin, was by an […]

People v. Anderson , 24 Cal.2d 860 [Crim. No. 4566. In Bank. Sept. 5, 1944.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. ROLLIE LEE ANDERSON, Appellant. COUNSEL No appearances. OPINION THE COURT. Defendant was charged by an information filed by the District Attorney of Lassen County with the murder of a young boy on April 30, 1944. Defendant […]

People v. Williams , 24 Cal.2d 848 [Crim. No. 4541. In Bank. Aug. 31, 1944.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. LESTER WILLIAMS, Appellant. COUNSEL Gladys Towles Root for Appellant. Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, Frank Richards and David K. Lener, Deputies Attorney General, Fred N. Howser, [24 Cal.2d 849] District Attorney, and Jere J. Sullivan, Deputy […]

People v. Clapp , 24 Cal.2d 835 [Crim. No. 4528. In Bank. Aug. 31, 1944.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. AMOS FRANKLIN CLAPP, et al., Appellants. COUNSEL A. H. McConnell and Archie G. Cope for Appellant. Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, T. G. Negrich and Frank Richards, Deputies Attorney General, Fred N. Howser, District Attorney, and […]

Dickey v. Raisin Proration Zone No. 1 , 24 Cal.2d 796 [L. A. No. 18573. In Bank. Aug. 31, 1944.] R. BERNARD DICKEY, Respondent, v. RAISIN PRORATION ZONE NO. 1 et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Francis M. Shea, Assistant Attorney General (U.S.), Charles H. Carr and Leo V. Silverstein, U.S. Attorneys, Ronald [24 Cal.2d 798] Abernethy, […]

Fairchild v. Raines , 24 Cal.2d 818 [L. A. No. 18735. In Bank. Aug. 31, 1944.] HAZEL FAIRCHILD et al., Respondents, v. ROSS H. RAINES et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Lester V. Peterman for Appellants. Willis O. Tyler, Loren Miller, George E. Cryer and R. Alston Jones as Amici Curiae on behalf of Appellants. McEachern & […]

People v. Scott , 24 Cal.2d 774 [Crim. No. 4543. In Bank. Aug. 28, 1944.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. AARON SCOTT, Appellant. COUNSEL Fred A. Shaeffer for Appellant. Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, David K. Lener, Deputy Attorney General, Lawrence M. Parma, District Attorney, and Thomas P. Weldon, Deputy District Attorney, for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, […]

Averill v. Lincoln , 24 Cal.2d 761 [L. A. Misc. No. 45. In Bank. Aug. 22, 1944.] ROGER AVERILL et al., Respondents, v. WALTER GOULD LINCOLN et al., Appellants. (Two Cases.) COUNSEL Walter Gould Lincoln in pro. per., and for Appellants. Neice & Crane and Newby & Newby for Respondents. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. This is […]