Category: 1944

Miller v. McKenna , 23 Cal.2d 774 [L. A. No. 18157. In Bank. Mar. 20, 1944.] EDWIN J. MILLER, Appellant, v. CATHERINE A. McKENNA et al., Defendants; DANIEL B. FLENNER et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Edwin J. Miller, in pro. per., and Ralph W. Miller for Appellant. W. Verne Ahrens, Ernest M. Best, Ratzer & Bridge […]

Metropolitan Water Dist. v. Adams , 23 Cal.2d 770 [L. A. No. 16507. In Bank. Mar. 15, 1944.] THE METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, Respondent, v. E. BENNETT ADAMS et al., Defendants; LAWRENCE HOLMES et al., Appellants. THE METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, Respondent, v. LAWRENCE HOLMES et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Miguel Estudillo, […]

Estate of Axcelrod , 23 Cal.2d 761 [L. A. No. 18708. In Bank. Mar. 11, 1944.] Estate of DIANE AXCELROD, Deceased. BEN WILENCE, Appellant, v. ETTA POCKER, as Executrix, etc. et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Ralph Bernstein for Appellant. Louise Mason for Respondents. OPINION SCHAUER, J. This is an appeal, upon the judgment roll alone, by […]

Tomaier v. Tomaier , 23 Cal.2d 754 [L. A. No. 18606. In Bank. Mar. 2, 1944.] CHARLES TOMAIER, Appellant, v. MILDRED TOMAIER, Respondent. COUNSEL Alfred Siemon for Appellant. Edward M. Selby for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. Early in 1940 plaintiff Charles Tomaier brought suit against defendant Mildred Tomaier, seeking a divorce and an appropriate division […]

In re Shull , 23 Cal.2d 745 [Crim. No. 4519. In Bank. Mar. 1, 1944.] In re EARL VIER SHULL, on Habeas Corpus. COUNSEL Earl Vier Shull, in pro. per., for Petitioner. Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, and David K. Lener, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. [23 Cal.2d 747] OPINION CARTER, J. Petitioner seeks his […]

Maguire v. Hibernia S. & L. Soc. , 23 Cal.2d 719 [S. F. No. 16494. In Bank. Feb. 29, 1944.] THOMAS M. MAGUIRE et al., Appellants, v. THE HIBERNIA SAVINGS & LOAN SOCIETY (a Corporation) et al., Respondents. [S. F. No. 16496. In Bank. Feb. 29, 1944.] MINNIE B. EDWARDS et al., Appellants, v. THE […]

Arnold v. Hibernia S. & L. Society , 23 Cal.2d 741 [S. F. No. 16495. In Bank. Feb. 29, 1944.] CATHERINE M. ARNOLD, Appellant, v. THE HIBERNIA SAVINGS & LOAN SOCIETY (a Corporation) et al., Respondents. [S. F. No. 16497. In Bank. Feb. 29, 1944.] AILEEN K. VAGER, Appellant, v. THE HIBERNIA SAVINGS & LOAN […]

Saunders v. Hibernia S. & L. Soc. , 23 Cal.2d 738 [S. F. No. 16498. In Bank. Feb. 29, 1944.] ALICE G. SAUNDERS, Individually and as Administratrix with the Will Annexed, etc., Appellant, v. THE HIBERNIA SAVINGS & LOAN SOCIETY (a Corporation) et al., Respondents. [S. F. No. 16499. In Bank. Feb. 29, 1944.] JULIA […]

Lissner v. Superior Court , 23 Cal.2d 711 [L. A. No. 18722. In Bank. Feb. 25, 1944.] LOUIS M. LISSNER, as Receiver, etc., Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Louis M. Lissner, in pro. per., Loeb & Loeb and Laurence M. Weinberg for Petitioner. J. H. O’Connor, County […]

People v. Shaw , 23 Cal.2d 708 [Crim. No. 4518. In Bank. Feb. 24, 1944.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. WILLIAM SHAW, Appellant. COUNSEL No appearances. OPINION SCHAUER, J. In an information filed by the District Attorney of San Bernardino County, defendant was charged with the murder of Pecola Shaw. The defendant entered pleas of not […]

People v. De La Roi , 23 Cal.2d 692 [Crim. No. 4466. In Bank. Feb. 24, 1944.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. WILSON DE LA ROI, Appellant. COUNSEL Nathan C. Coghlan for Appellant. Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, and T. G. Negrich, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION SCHAUER, J. In the year 1939 the defendant […]

Board of Dental Examiners v. Jameson , 23 Cal.2d 689 [L. A. No. 18829. In Bank. Feb. 14, 1944.] BOARD OF DENTAL EXAMINERS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent, v. E. K. JAMESON, Appellant. COUNSEL Booth B. Goodman for Appellant. H. E. Lindersmith for Respondent. OPINION SHENK, J. The Board of Dental Examiners brought an […]

Adams v. American President Lines , 23 Cal.2d 681 [S. F. No. 16950. In Bank. Feb. 10, 1944.] O. D. ADAMS, Appellant, v. AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES, LTD. (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL John J. Taheny for Appellant. Treadwell & Laughlin, Robert A. Grantier and Raymond M. Farley for Respondent. OPINION SHENK, J. The plaintiff, a seaman, […]

Estate of Waits , 23 Cal.2d 676 [S. F. No. 16906. In Bank. Feb. 10, 1944.] Estate of FREDERICK ALBERT WAITS, Deceased. THE ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant, v. CHARLOTTE E. LEET, as Administratrix, etc., Respondent. [S. F. No. 16907. In Bank. Feb. 10, 1944.] Estate of IVAN R. MILLER, […]

Gray v. Southern Pacific Co. , 23 Cal.2d 632 [Sac. No. 5620. In Bank. Feb. 1, 1944.] MARY ELLEN GRAY, as Administratrix, etc., Appellant, v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL M. Mitchell Bourquin, Patrick J. Murphy and K. D. Robinson for Appellant. T. L. Chamberlain and Jones & Quinn for Respondent. OPINION CARTER, […]

Shealor v. City of Lodi , 23 Cal.2d 647 [Sac. No. 5630. In Bank. Feb. 1, 1944.] F. SHEALOR, Respondent, v. CITY OF LODI et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Glenn West for Appellants. Christopher J. Griffin, City Attorney (Huntington Park), Louis H. Burke, City Attorney (Montebello), Thomas Bewley, City Attorney (Whittier), John McCall, City Attorney (Torrance), […]

Bethlehem Steel Co. v. Indstrial Acc. Com. , 23 Cal.2d 659 [S. F. No. 16874. In Bank. Feb. 1, 1944.] BETHLEHEM STEEL COMPANY (a Corporation), Petitioner, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION and KENNETH E. BRINKLEY, a Minor, etc., et al., Respondents. COUNSEL R. P. Wisecarver for Petitioner. Thelen, Marrin, Johnson & Bridges, Gardiner Johnson, Walter McGovern, […]

People v. Kolez , 23 Cal.2d 670 [Crim. No. 4507. In Bank. Feb. 1, 1944.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. DAN KOLEZ, Appellant. COUNSEL Grover C. Julian for Appellant. Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, and T. G. Negrich, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. [23 Cal.2d 671] OPINION THE COURT. An information was filed charging defendant with […]

Farrell v. County of Placer , 23 Cal.2d 624 [Sac. No. 5628. In Bank. Jan. 31, 1944.] JAMES P. FARRELL et al., Appellants, v. COUNTY OF PLACER et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Morris, Jaffa & Sumski and Barnett Sumski for Appellants. Lowell L. Sparks, District Attorney (Placer), Loyd E. Hewitt, District Attorney (Sutter), Charles V. Barfield, […]

Boyd v. Oser , 23 Cal.2d 613 [Sac. No. 5519. In Bank. Jan. 25, 1944.] ROBERT E. BOYD, as Executor, etc., Appellant, v. W. L. OSER, as Administrator with the Will Annexed, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Duard F. Geis for Appellant. J. Oscar Goldstein, Burton J. Goldstein and P. M. Barceloux for Respondent. Burr & Smith […]

Loper v. Morrison , 23 Cal.2d 600 [L. A. No. 18702. In Bank. Jan. 20, 1944.] ELSIE LOPER et al., Respondents, v. CAMERON E. MORRISON et al., Defendants; ARDEN FARMS, INC. (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL Russell H. Pray, Henry F. Walker, S. J. Nordorf and William C. Price for Appellant. Joseph A. Ball, Albert D. […]

People v. Albertson , 23 Cal.2d 550[Crim. No. 4457. In Bank. Jan. 19, 1944.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. OSCAR L. ALBERTSON, Appellant. COUNSEL John W. Preston for Appellant. Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, Frank Richards, Deputy Attorney General, John F. Dockweiler, District Attorney, Fred N. Howser, District Attorney, John Barnes and W. E. Simpson, Deputies […]

Buxbom v. Smith , 23 Cal.2d 535 [L. A. No. 18380. In Bank. Jan. 18, 1944.] SEYMOUR BUXBOM, Respondent, v. E. F. SMITH et al., Appellants. COUNSEL W. T. Stockman and John L. Flynn for Appellants. Franz R. Sachse, Jesse E. Jacobson, John C. Packard and E. A. Oppenheim for Respondent. OPINION CURTIS, J. This […]

Turnipseed v. Hoffman , 23 Cal.2d 532 [L. A. No. 18758. In Bank. Jan. 14, 1944.] HARLEY TURNIPSEED, Respondent, v. STANLEY F. HOFFMAN, Appellant. COUNSEL McFadzean & Crowe for Appellant. Russell & Heid for Respondent. OPINION EDMONDS, J. In an action to recover damages, the court found that certain personal injuries had been caused by […]