Category: 1944

Hancock Oil Co. v. Hopkins , 24 Cal.2d 497 [L. A. No. 18087. In Bank. July 13, 1944.] HANCOCK OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA (a Corporation) et al., Appellants, v. W. L. HOPKINS et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Pease & Dolley for Appellants. Schauer, Ryon & McMahon and Robert W. McIntyre for Respondents. OPINION EDMONDS, J. Two […]

Irvine v. Reclamation Dist. No. 108 , 24 Cal.2d 468 [Sac. No. 5616. In Bank. July 10, 1944.] JAMES IRVINE, Appellant, v. RECLAMATION DISTRICT NO. 108 et al., Respondents. [Sac. No. 5610. In Bank. July 10, 1944.] REED J. BEKINS et al., as Trustees etc., Appellants, v. RECLAMATION DISTRICT NO. 1500 et al., Respondents. COUNSEL […]

Bennett v. Forrest , 24 Cal.2d 485 [S. F. No. 16885. In Bank. July 10, 1944.] HELEN F. BENNETT, Appellant, v. GEORGINA E. FORREST, as Executrix etc., et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Fletcher A. Cutler, Duncan A. McLeod and Clarence M. Oddie for Appellant. Marcel E. Cerf, Robinson & Leland for Respondent. OPINION CARTER, J., Plaintiff […]

Cal. Employment Com. v. L. A. etc. News Corp. , 24 Cal.2d 421 [L. A. No. 18660. In Bank. July 5, 1944.] CALIFORNIA EMPLOYMENT COMMISSION, Respondent, v. LOS ANGELES DOWN TOWN SHOPPING NEWS CORPORATION (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Henry F. Prince and Norman S. Sterry for Appellant. Robert W. Kenny, Attorney […]

Rible v. Hughes , 24 Cal.2d 437 [Sac. No. 5638. In Bank. July 5, 1944.] L. M. RIBLE, Appellant, v. CHARLES C. HUGHES, as Superintendent of Schools, etc., et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Anthony J. Kennedy and Carl Kuchman for Appellant. Ray C. Eberhard, Robert A. Odell and Elisabeth Eberhard Zeigler as Amici Curiae on behalf […]

Escola v. Coca Cola Bottling Co. , 24 Cal.2d 453 [S. F. No. 16951. In Bank. July 5, 1944.] GLADYS ESCOLA, Respondent, v. COCA COLA BOTTLING COMPANY OF FRESNO (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL H. K. Landram for Appellant. C. Ray Robinson, Willard B. Treadwell, Dean S. Lesher, Loraine B. Rogers, Belli & Leahy and Melvin […]

Neel v. Barnard , 24 Cal.2d 406 [L. A. No. 18453. In Bank. July 5, 1944.] THOMAS W. NEEL, as Executor, etc., et al., Appellants, v. MORRIS H. BARNARD, as Executor, etc., et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Don G. Bowker, Henderson & Churchill and James C. Hollingsworth for Appellants. Rogers & Rogers, John H. Alvord, Newlin […]

California Employment Com. v. Bates , 24 Cal.2d 432 [L. A. No. 18916. In Bank. July 5, 1944.] CALIFORNIA EMPLOYMENT COMMISSION, Appellant, v. E. D. BATES et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Deputy Attorney General, and Forrest M. Hill and Doris H. Maier for Appellant. William M. Crandall, E. […]

Market Street Railway Co. v. Railroad Com. , 24 Cal.2d 378 [S. F. No. 16988. In Bank. July 3, 1944.] MARKET STREET RAILWAY COMPANY (a Corporation), Petitioner, v. RAILROAD COMMISSION et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Cyril Appel and Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro for Petitioner. Everett C. McKeage, Roderick B. Cassidy, Wyman C. Knapp, Frank B. Austin […]

People v. Baa , 24 Cal.2d 374 [Crim. No. 4509. In Bank. June 22, 1944.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. CHARLES IVAN BAA, Appellant. COUNSEL Irvin J. Kahn for Appellant. Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, and Ralph W. Scott, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. This is an automatic appeal from a judgment imposing […]

Trask v. Moore , 24 Cal.2d 365 [Sac. No. 5587. In Bank. June 16, 1944.] DORA B. TRASK, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JOSEPH A. MOORE et al., Appellants; EDWARD EALEY, Cross-Defendant and Respondent. COUNSEL T. B. Scott and Nathan B. McVay for Appellants. Herbert E. Paul for Plaintiff and Respondent. Francis O. Hoover for Cross-defendant […]

Toschi v. Christian , 24 Cal.2d 354 [S. F. No. 16978. In Bank. June 12, 1944.] MARIO TOSCHI, Appellant, v. L. L. CHRISTIAN et al., Respondents. COUNSEL William E. Ferriter and James C. Purcell for Appellant. Dunne & Dunne and Arthur B. Dunne for Respondents. [24 Cal.2d 356] OPINION SCHAUER, J. This is an action […]

In re Stewart , 24 Cal.2d 344 [Crim. No. 4538. In Bank. June 7, 1944.] In re ALBERT M. STEWART, on Habeas Corpus. COUNSEL Albert M. Stewart, in pro. per., for Petitioner. Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, and David K. Lener, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION CURTIS, J. Petitioner herein is an inmate of […]

Douglas Aircraft Co. v. Industrial Acc. Com. , 24 Cal.2d 340 [L. A. No. 18975. In Bank. June 6, 1944.] DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT COMPANY, INC. (a Corporation), Petitioner, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION, NATHAN N. MEEHAN et al., Respondents. COUNSEL H. W. Elliott and Robert E. Moore, Jr., for Petitioner. Leonard, Hanna & Brophy as Amicus Curiae […]

FIREMAN’S FUND INDEMNITY CO. V. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION , 24 Cal.2d 942 [S. F. No. 17007. In Bank. June 6, 1944.] FIREMAN’S FUND INDEMNITY COMPANY, Petitioner, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION and BETTY LOUISE GRAVES, a Minor, etc., Respondents. COUNSEL Leonard & Hanna and Edmund P. Leonard for Petitioner. Everett A. Corten and Dan Murphy, Jr., […]

In re Egan , 24 Cal.2d 323 [Crim. No. 4415. In Bank. June 5, 1944.] In re FRANK EGAN, on Behalf of FRANK EGAN and ALBERT TINNIN, on Habeas Corpus. COUNSEL Charles Bagby, John C. Jury, Francis C. Mackall and Elizabeth Cassidy for Petitioners. Earl Warren, Attorney General, Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, W. T. […]

Occidental Ind. Co. v. Industrial Acc. Com. , 24 Cal.2d 310 [L. A. No. 18927. In Bank. June 2, 1944.] OCCIDENTAL INDEMNITY COMPANY (a Corporation), Petitioner, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION and STEVE RULJANOVICH, Respondents. COUNSEL Henry E. Kappler for Petitioner. Everett A. Corten and Fred Goldsworthy for Respondents. OPINION CARTER, J. Petitioner, the insurance carrier […]

Campagna v. Market Street Railway Co. , 24 Cal.2d 304 [S. F. No. 16985. In Bank. May 25, 1944.] SALVADORE CAMPAGNA, JR., an Incompetent, etc., Appellant, v. MARKET STREET RAILWAY COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL Fitz-Gerald Ames for Appellant. Cyril Appel, Linforth, Cannon & Miller and Jesse H. Miller for Respondent. OPINION EDMONDS, J. Salvadore […]

Biggs Ditch Co. v. Jongste , 24 Cal.2d 298 [Sac. No. 5561. In Bank. May 23, 1944.] BIGGS DITCH COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent, v. LOUISE T. JONGSTE et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Chas. L. Gilmore for Appellant. Jack McPherson for Respondent. OPINION SCHAUER, J. Defendants appeal from a judgment quieting in plaintiff corporation, a mutual water […]

Zinn v. Ex-Cell-O Corp. , 24 Cal.2d 290 [S. F. No. 16814. In Bank. May 22, 1944.] J. A. ZINN et al., Appellants, v. EX-CELL-O CORPORATION (a Corporation) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Livingston & Livingston, David Livingston and Louis F. Di Resta for Appellants. Webb, Webb and Olds, U.S. Webb and Walter K. Olds for […]

McGregor v. State Bar , 24 Cal.2d 283 [S. F. No. 16969. In Bank. May 8, 1944.] LESLIE F. McGREGOR, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL Leslie F. McGregor, in pro. per., for Petitioner. Sam J. Anderson and Jerold E. Weil for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. This is a proceeding to review […]

Riskin v. Towers , 24 Cal.2d 274 [L. A. No. 18835. In Bank. May 3, 1944.] DAVID RISKIN, Respondent, v. WALTER TOWERS, Appellant. COUNSEL Glenn A. Lane for Appellant. Sydney M. Williams for Respondent. OPINION CARTER, J. On January 7, 1942, plaintiff commenced an action in the Superior Court of Los Angeles County against defendant […]

Metcalf v. County of Los Angeles , 24 Cal.2d 267 [L. A. No. 18763. In Bank. May 2, 1944.] PAUL METCALF et al., Appellants, v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, Respondent. COUNSEL Anderson & Anderson for Appellants. J. H. O’Connor, County Counsel, and Edward H. Gaylord, Deputy County Counsel, for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. This is […]

Ross v. City of Long Beach , 24 Cal.2d 258 [L. A. No. 18674. In Bank. May 2, 1944.] EDNA E. ROSS et al., Respondents, v. CITY OF LONG BEACH, Appellant. COUNSEL Irving M. Smith, City Attorney, and Joseph B. Lamb and Frank C. Charvat, Deputies City Attorney, for Appellant. J. H. O’Connor, County Counsel, […]

Davenport v. Stratton , 24 Cal.2d 232 [L. A. No. 18664. In Bank. May 2, 1944.] ALICE DAVENPORT, Appellant, v. GEORGE W. STRATTON, Respondent. COUNSEL Mathes & Sheppard and Gordon F. Hampton for Appellant. James V. Brewer for Respondent. OPINION CURTIS, J. Plaintiff, as the assignee of 11 West 42nd Street, Inc., a New York […]