Category: 1944

Baugh v. Rogers , 24 Cal.2d 200 [L. A. No. 18805. In Bank. May 1, 1944.] ORA BAUGH, Respondent, v. FRANCIS L. ROGERS et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Nourse & Jones, Paul Nourse and Everett W. Thompson for Appellants. Russell H. Pray, Robert E. Krause and Samuel J. Nordorf for Respondent. OPINION SCHAUER, J. This case […]

Tabata v. Murane , 24 Cal.2d 221 [L. A. No. 18889. In Bank. May 1, 1944.] GEORGE S. TABATA, Respondent, v. MILLARD MURANE, as Executor, etc., Appellant. COUNSEL Tudor Gairdner for Appellant. Russell H. Pray and S. J. Nordorf for Respondent. OPINION SCHAUER, J. This action is on a creditor’s claim. Defendant appeals from a […]

Estate of Easter , 24 Cal.2d 191 [L. A. No. 18527. In Bank. May 1, 1944.] Estate of ALFRED EASTER, Deceased. CALIFORNIA TRUST COMPANY, as Administrator, etc., Appellant, v. PAUL W. JONES, as Administrator, etc., et al., Respondents. PAUL W. JONES, as Administrator, etc., Appellant, v. SECURITY-FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF LOS ANGELES, as Trustee, et […]

People v. Alcalde , 24 Cal.2d 177 [Crim. No. 4498. In Bank. Apr. 26, 1944.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. FLORENCIO “FRANK” ALCALDE, Appellant. COUNSEL Joseph P. Bullock for Appellant. Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, and James F. Brennan, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION SHENK, J. The defendant, Florencio “Frank” Alcalde, was convicted of first […]

People v. Newman , 24 Cal.2d 168 [Crim. No. 4523. In Bank. Apr. 25, 1944.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. HERBERT JOSEPH NEWMAN, Appellant. COUNSEL Robert E. Ford for Appellant. Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, and Eugene M. Elson, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION CURTIS, J. Appellant was convicted of violating subdivision 4 of section […]

Hise v. McColgan , 24 Cal.2d 147 [L. A. No. 18665. In Bank. Apr. 21, 1944.] HARLEY HISE, as Building and Loan Commissioner, etc., Respondent, v. CHARLES J. McCOLGAN, as Franchise Tax Commissioner, etc., Appellant. COUNSEL Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, H. H. Linney, Assistant Attorney General, and James E. Sabine, Deputy Attorney General, for […]

Pickering v. State Bar , 24 Cal.2d 141 [L. A. No. 18843. In Bank. Apr. 20, 1944.] GEORGE A. PICKERING, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL J. Howard Sullivan for Petitioner. Guy Knupp for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. By writ of review, George A. Pickering has challenged the recommendation of the Board […]

Oettinger v. Stewart , 24 Cal.2d 133 [L. A. No. 18790. In Bank. Apr. 19, 1944.] RUTH V. W. OETTINGER, Appellant, v. EDWIN STEWART et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Thurlow T. Taft for Appellant. Elbert E. Hensley and John H. Klenke for Respondents. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. Plaintiff brought this action against the owners and operators of […]

Kraft v. Smith , 24 Cal.2d 124 [L. A. No. 18798. In Bank. Apr. 17, 1944.] WANDA KRAFT et al., Appellants, v. JOSEPH SMITH et al., Defendants; E. C. INNIS, Respondent. COUNSEL Joseph D. Taylor and John S. Bolton for Appellants. Fred O. Reed, Richard L. Kirtland and Henry E. Kappler for Respondent. [24 Cal.2d […]

Columbia Lab., Inc. v. Cal. Beauty etc. Co. , 24 Cal.2d 114 [L. A. No. 18832. In Bank. Apr. 12, 1944.] COLUMBIA LABORATORIES, INCORPORATED (a Corporation), Respondent, v. CALIFORNIA BEAUTY SUPPLY COMPANY et al., Appellants. COUNSEL George Penney and Jean Wunderlich for Appellants. I. Charles Rubin and Joe Wapner for Respondent. OPINION CURTIS, J. The […]

Continental Car-Na-Var Corp. v. Moseley , 24 Cal.2d 104 [L. A. No. 18652. In Bank. Apr. 11, 1944.] CONTINENTAL CAR-NA-VAR CORPORATION (a Corporation), Respondent, v. L. C. MOSELEY et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Loeb & Loeb, Dwight W. Stephenson and Norman Newmark for Appellant. Mills & Wood, Edward C. Mills and Carlton B. Wood for Respondent. […]

Carpenter v. Hamilton , 24 Cal.2d 95 [L. A. No. 18679. In Bank. Apr. 10, 1944.] MARGARET B. CARPENTER et al., Appellants, v. ARCHIBALD J. HAMILTON, Respondent. COUNSEL Roy A. Linn for Appellants. Meserve, Mumper & Hughes and Roy L. Herndon for Respondent. OPINION SHENK, J. The plaintiffs brought this action to quiet title to […]

Lawless v. Calaway , 24 Cal.2d 81 [L. A. No. 18736. In Bank. Apr. 6, 1944.] VERA LAWLESS, Appellant, v. A. A. CALAWAY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Julius Hansen and Rae B. Carter for Appellant. Hadsell, Sweet, Ingalls & Carroll and Chester O. Hansen for Respondents. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. This is an appeal from a […]

Eschwig v. State Bar , 24 Cal.2d 70 [S. F. No. 16941. In Bank. Apr. 3, 1944.] CONSTANTINE FITZGERALD ESCHWIG, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL John A. Foley for Petitioner. Jerold E. Weil for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. This is a proceeding to review the recommendation of the Board of Governors […]

Sekt v. Superior Court , 24 Cal.2d 73 [S. F. No. 16943. In Bank. Apr. 3, 1944.] A. A. SEKT, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF MARIN COUNTY, Respondent. COUNSEL Leo R. Friedman for Petitioner. A. E. Bagshaw for Respondent. OPINION EDMONDS, J. Following the conviction and sentence of A. A. Sekt in the Justice’s […]

Beeler v. American Trust Co. , 24 Cal.2d 1 [Sac. No. 5386. In Bank. Apr. 3, 1944.] C. W. BEELER, Respondent, v. AMERICAN TRUST COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, Carr & Kennedy and M. B. Plant for Appellant. Morrison, Hohfeld, Foerster, Shuman & Clark and Landels & Weigel, as Amici Curiae, […]

Standard Oil Co. v. Johnson , 24 Cal.2d 40 [Sac. No. 5506. In Bank. Apr. 3, 1944.] STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA (a Corporation), Respondent, v. CHARLES G. JOHNSON, as Treasurer, etc., Appellant. COUNSEL Earl Warren, Attorney General, H. H. Linney, Assistant Attorney General, and Adrian A. Kragen, Deputy Attorney General, for Appellant. Pillsbury, Madison […]

Herron v. State Bar , 24 Cal.2d 53 [S. F. Nos. 16833, 16881, 16959. In Bank. Apr. 3, 1944.] WILLIAM F. HERRON, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. (Three proceedings.) COUNSEL William F. Herron, in pro. per., and William E. Ferriter for Petitioner. P. H. McCarthy and Jerold E. Weil for Respondent. OPINION […]

Penaat v. Terwilliger , 23 Cal.2d 865 [S. F. No. 16864. In Bank. Mar. 30, 1944.] NAOMI J. PENAAT, Appellant, v. CLARA TERWILLIGER, Respondent. COUNSEL William H. Penaat for Appellant. Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, H. H. Linney, Assistant Attorney General, and Adrian A. Kragen, Deputy Attorney General, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Appellant. […]

Hannah v. Pogue , 23 Cal.2d 849 [L. A. No. 18365. In Bank. Mar. 29, 1944.] KATE H. HANNAH, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. J. W. C. POGUE et al., Appellants; THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (a Corporation), Cross-Defendant and Respondent. KATE H. HANNAH, Respondent, v. J. W. C. POGUE et al., Appellants. (Two […]

Guardianship of Gilman , 23 Cal.2d 862 [L. A. No. 18899. In Bank. Mar. 29, 1944.] Guardianship of the Person and Estate of FANNY B. GILMAN, an Incompetent Person. FANNY B. GILMAN, Appellant, v. IRENE W. CLARK, as Guardian, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Herbert Cutler Brown for Appellant. G. W. Nix and Henry F. Walker for […]

Jones v. Independent Title Co. , 23 Cal.2d 859 [L. A. No. 18685. In Bank. Mar. 29, 1944.] EDWARD M. JONES, Respondent, v. INDEPENDENT TITLE COMPANY et al., Defendants; RAE L. SINCLAIR, Appellant. COUNSEL William G. Condron for Appellant. Alfred L. Larsen and Harry H. Parsons for Respondent. OPINION SCHAUER, J. Defendant Sinclair (hereinafter referred […]

Valencia v. Shell Oil Co. , 23 Cal.2d 840 [Sac. No. 5637. In Bank. Mar. 28, 1944.] J. R. VALENCIA, Respondent, v. SHELL OIL COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Appellants. COUNSEL J. T. Blalock and A. P. Black for Appellants. Oliver J. Carter, Daniel S. Carlton and J. Everett Barr for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. […]

McKesson v. Donaghue , 23 Cal.2d 821 [S. F. No. 17011. In Bank. Mar. 23, 1944.] WILLIAM B. McKESSON, Petitioner, v. MICHAEL J. DONAGHUE, as Registrar of Voters, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Norman A. Bailie, Frank B. Belcher, Fred M. Cross, George W. Dryer, Raymond Haight and Wm. C. Mathes for Petitioner. J. H. O’Connor, County […]

Gage v. Jordan , 23 Cal.2d 794 [L. A. No. 18816. In Bank. Mar. 21, 1944.] RALPH P. GAGE, Petitioner, v. FRANK M. JORDAN, as Secretary of State, etc., et al., Respondents; RETIREMENT LIFE PAYMENTS ASSOCIATION, INC. (a Corporation) et al., Interveners. COUNSEL O’Melveny & Myers, Louis W. Myers and Pierce Works for Petitioner. Robert […]