Category: 1944

Collins v. Caminetti , 24 Cal.2d 766 [L. A. No. 18962. In Bank. Aug. 22, 1944.] ORVILLE H. COLLINS, Appellant, v. A. CAMINETTI, JR., as Insurance Commissioner, etc., Defendant; MAYNARD GARRISON, as Insurance Commissioner, etc. (Substituted Defendant), Respondent. COUNSEL Sherman & Sherman and Chas. R. Thompson for Appellant. Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, and John […]

Scripps etc. Hospital v. Cal. Employment Commission , 24 Cal.2d 669 [L. A. No. 18762. In Bank. Aug. 18, 1944.] SCRIPPS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC. (a Nonprofit Corporation), Respondent, v. CALIFORNIA EMPLOYMENT COMMISSION, Appellant. (Three Cases.) COUNSEL Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Deputy Attorney General, Forrest M. Hill and Doris H. Maier for […]

Gardner v. American Brake etc. Co. , 24 Cal.2d 686 [L. A. No. 19003. In Bank. Aug. 18, 1944.] FLOYD B. GARDNER, JR., Respondent, v. WILLIAM H. MARSHALL et al., Defendants; THE AMERICAN BRAKE SHOE & FOUNDRY COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL Betts & Garrison and Forrest A. Betts for Appellant. Paul Blackwood and Samuel […]

Am.-Hawaiian S. S. Co. v. Cal. Emp. Com. , 24 Cal.2d 716 [S. F. No. 16838. In Bank. Aug. 18, 1944.] AMERICAN-HAWAIIAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Petitioners, v. CALIFORNIA EMPLOYMENT COMMISSION et al., Respondents; JAMES DUGGAR et al., Interveners and Respondents. COUNSEL Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison and Gregory A. Harrison for Petitioners. Earl […]

Seaside etc. Hospital v. Cal. Employment Commission , 24 Cal.2d 681 [L. A. No. 18692. In Bank. Aug. 18, 1944.] SEASIDE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF LONG BEACH (a Nonprofit Corporation), Respondent, v. CALIFORNIA EMPLOYMENT COMMISSION et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Deputy Attorney General, Forrest M. Hill and Doris H. […]

W. R. Grace & Co. v. Cal. Emp. Com. , 24 Cal.2d 720 [S. F. No. 16839. In Bank. Aug. 18, 1944.] W. R. GRACE & COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Petitioners, v. CALIFORNIA EMPLOYMENT COMMISSION et al., Respondents; FRANK ABELLEIRA et al., Interveners and Respondents. COUNSEL Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison and Gregory A. Harrison […]

Matson Terminals, Inc. v. Cal. Emp. Com. , 24 Cal.2d 695 [S. F. No. 16840. In Bank. Aug. 18, 1944.] MATSON TERMINALS, INC. (a Corporation) et al., Petitioners, v. CALIFORNIA EMPLOYMENT COMMISSION et al., Respondents; FRANK ABELLEIRA et al., Interveners and Respondents. COUNSEL Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, Gregory A. Harrison, M. B. Plant and Richard […]

BUNNY’S WAFFLE SHOP v. CAL. EMP. COM. , 24 Cal.2d 735 [S. F. No. 16852. In Bank. Aug. 18, 1944.] BUNNY’S WAFFLE SHOP, INC. (a Corporation) et al., Petitioners, v. CALIFORNIA EMPLOYMENT COMMISSION et al., Respondents; MITCHELL VEZILICH et al., Interveners and Respondents. COUNSEL Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, Gregory A. Harrison, George O. Bahrs, James […]

Whitcomb Hotel, Inc. v. Cal. Emp. Com. , 24 Cal.2d 753 [S. F. No. 16854. In Bank. Aug. 18, 1944.] WHITCOMB HOTEL, INC. (a Corporation) et al., Petitioners, v. CALIFORNIA EMPLOYMENT COMMISSION et al., Respondents; FERNANDO R. NIDOY et al., Interveners and Respondents. COUNSEL Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, Gregory A. Harrison and Richard Ernst for […]

City of Whittier v. Dixon , 24 Cal.2d 664 [L. A. No. 19005. In Bank. Aug. 11, 1944.] CITY OF WHITTIER et al., Petitioners, v. GUY N. DIXON, as City Clerk, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Henry L. Knoop, City Attorney, O’Melveny & Myers and James L. Beebe for Petitioners. Clyde C. Woodworth for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, […]

Ash v. Mortensen , 24 Cal.2d 654 [L. A. No. 18842. In Bank. Aug. 11, 1944.] EDITH M. ASH, Appellant, v. W. S. MORTENSEN et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Anne O’Keefe and Ralph C. Curren for Appellant. Chase, Barnes & Chase, Wm. M. Rains and James W. Brown for Respondents. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. Plaintiff was injured […]

People v. Puritan Ice Co. , 24 Cal.2d 645 [L. A. No. 18647. In Bank. Aug. 8, 1944.] THE PEOPLE, Appellant, v. PURITAN ICE COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent. PURITAN ICE COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent, v. CHARLES G. JOHNSON, as State Treasurer, etc., Appellant. (Four Cases.) COUNSEL Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, H. H. Linney, Assistant […]

Imperial Beverage Co. v. Superior Court , 24 Cal.2d 627 [S. F. No. 16929. In Bank. Aug. 4, 1944.] IMPERIAL BEVERAGE COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ALAMEDA COUNTY et al., Respondents. [S. F. No. 16930. In Bank. Aug. 4, 1944.] CHARLES E. HIRES COMPANY (a Corporation), Petitioner, v. THE […]

People v. Moroney , 24 Cal.2d 638 [S. F. No. 17003. In Bank. Aug. 4, 1944.] THE PEOPLE, Petitioner, v. J. F. MORONEY, as County Clerk, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, and H. H. Linney, Chief Assistant Attorney General, for Petitioner. J. H. O’Connor, County Counsel (Los Angeles), and S. V. O. […]

Werner v. State Bar , 24 Cal.2d 611 [L. A. No. 18883. In Bank. Aug. 4, 1944.] ERWIN P. WERNER, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR, Respondent. COUNSEL Mark L. Herron for Petitioner. A. W. Ashburn and Jerold E. Weil for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. The Board of Governors of The State Bar of California has […]

Estate of Naftzger , 24 Cal.2d 595 [L. A. No. 18824. In Bank. Aug. 1, 1944.] Estate of LOUISE NAFTZGER, Deceased. LAWRENCE A. WEISS et al., Appellants, v. FRED E. NAFTZGER as Executor, etc., et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Ernest C. Griffith for Appellants. John K. Boukather, T. G. Dalton and L. S. B. Ritchie for […]

People v. Jones , 24 Cal.2d 601 [Crim. No. 4503. In Bank. Aug. 1, 1944.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. PRESTON SAMUEL JONES, JR., Appellant. COUNSEL Henry W. Hache for Appellant. Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, and Ralph W. Scott, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. Defendant Jones and Charles Ivan Baa were jointly […]

Bianco v. Industrial Acc. Com. , 24 Cal.2d 584 [S. F. No. 16975. In Bank. July 25, 1944.] ADELINA BIANCO, Petitioner, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Sefton & Quattrin, Seibert L. Sefton and Louis T. Kruger for Petitioner. Everett A. Corten, Fred G. Goldsworthy, Keith & Creede, Charles Mayer, W. N. Mullen, […]

People v. Ralph , 24 Cal.2d 575 [Crim. No. 4533. In Bank. July 21, 1944.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. EDSEL GRAY RALPH et al., Defendants; RAYMOND JAMES CANTLON, Appellant. [Crim. No. 4535. In Bank. July 21, 1944.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. EDSEL GRAY RALPH et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Frederic H. Vercoe, Public Defender, William B. […]

Thomson v. Bayless , 24 Cal.2d 543 [L. A. No. 18969. In Bank. July 21, 1944.] CULVER E. THOMSON, Respondent, v. JOHN R. BAYLESS et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Reginald I. Bauder for Appellants. Arthur C. Miller and Lee A. Solomon for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. Plaintiff was injured when the automobile in which he was […]

Prather v. Hoberg , 24 Cal.2d 549 [Sac. No. 5352. In Bank. July 21, 1944.] ROBERT LILBURN PRATHER, as Executor, etc., et al., Respondents, v. MAX HOBERG, Appellant. COUNSEL Breed, Burpee & Robinson and Derby, Sharp, Quinby & Tweedt for Appellant. Huston, Huston & Huston, H. G. Crawford and T. P. Wittschen for Respondents. OPINION […]

Roesch v. De Mota , 24 Cal.2d 563 [Sac. No. 5513. In Bank. July 21, 1944.] HELEN ROESCH et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. CLARA P. DE MOTA et al., Defendants; E. O. ERICKSON et al., Defendants and Appellants; VICTOR LAND AND MINERAL COMPANY (a Corporation), Cross- Complainant and Appellant. COUNSEL Cornish & Cornish and […]

In re Hough , 24 Cal.2d 522 [Crim. No. 4500. In Bank. July 18, 1944.] In re WILLIAM LEVA HOUGH, on Habeas Corpus. COUNSEL Morris Lavine for Petitioner. Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, and Frank Richards, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION CURTIS, J. The petitioner seeks his release from the custody of the warden […]

People v. Hough , 24 Cal.2d 535 [Crim. No. 4441. In Bank. July 18, 1944.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. WILLIAM LEVA HOUGH, Appellant. COUNSEL Frederic H. Vercoe, Public Defender, William B. Neeley, Deputy Public Defender, and Morris Lavine for Appellant. Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, and Frank Richards, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION CURTIS, […]

Estate of Corcofingas , 24 Cal.2d 517 [L. A. No. 19006. In Bank. July 14, 1944.] Estate of CHRIST CORCOFINGAS, Deceased. LEO T. CROWLEY, as United States Alien Property Custodian, Appellant, v. CONSTANTINOS G. KALLIMANIS, Respondent. COUNSEL Charles H. Carr, United States Attorney, James L. Crawford, Ronald Walker and Clyde C. Downing, Assistant United States […]