Category: 1945

Di Corpo v. Di Corpo , 33 Cal.2d 195 [L. A. No. 20375.In Bank.Dec. 15, 1948.] MARY DI CORPO, Appellant, v. MICHELE DI CORPO, Respondent. COUNSEL Krag & Sweet and David T. Sweet for Appellant. W. H. Sullivan and Kenneth K. Scott for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. On April 2, 1931, pursuant to an order […]

Herzog v. Capital Co. , 27 Cal.2d 349 [L. A. No. 19172. In Bank. Dec. 11, 1945.] ARTHUR L. HERZOG, Respondent, v. CAPITAL COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Louis Ferrari, Edmund Nelson, G. L. Berrey and Hugo A. Steinmeyer for Appellants. Monroe & McInnis and C. Rupert Linley for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. […]

BURROUGHS v. BEN’S AUTO PARK, INC. , 27 Cal.2d 449 [L. A. No. 19384. In Bank. Dec. 28, 1945.] JAMES BURROUGHS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. BEN’S AUTO PARK, Inc. (a Corporation) et al., Defendants; PACIFIC ELECTRIC RAILWAY COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent; BESSIE E. PEERY et al., Defendants and Appellants. COUNSEL McLaughlin & McGinley for Plaintiff […]

Colonial Ins. Co. v. Industrial Acc. Com. , 27 Cal.2d 437 [L. A. No. 19455. In Bank. Dec. 21, 1945.] COLONIAL INSURANCE COMPANY (a Corporation), Petitioner v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION and MILES E. NICKLES, Respondents. COUNSEL Syril S. Tipton for Petitioner. Everett A. Corten and R. C. McKellips for Respondents. OPINION CARTER, J. Petitioner, insurance […]

Hopper v. Bulaich , 27 Cal.2d 431 [L. A. No. 19372. In Bank. Dec. 21, 1945.] CHARLES HOPPER, Appellant, v. NICK BULAICH, Respondent. COUNSEL Arthur E. Briggs and Perry G. Briney for Appellant. Parker & Stanbury, Harry D. Parker and A. P. G. Steffes for Respondent. OPINION SHENK, J. The plaintiff sued to recover damages […]

People v. Ming , 27 Cal.2d 443 [Crim. No. 4653. In Bank. Dec. 21, 1945.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. ROBERT LEE MING, Appellant. COUNSEL Dorris & Fleharty for Appellant. Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, and Walter L. Bowers, Assistant Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION EDMONDS, J. After a jury found Robert Lee Ming guilty of […]

Estate of Plaut , 27 Cal.2d 424 [L. A. No. 19038. In Bank. Dec. 18, 1945.] Estate of LOUIS PLAUT, Deceased. NAN LOW, a Minor, etc., Appellant, v. SYLVIA PLAUT LOW et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Roth & Brannen and David H. Paltun for Appellant. Julius V. Patrosso for Respondents. Musick, Burrell & Ingebretsen, Lawrence Livingston, […]

Guardianship of Phillips , 27 Cal.2d 384 [S. F. No. 17172. In Bank. Dec. 14, 1945.] Guardianship of the Person and Estate of DEANNE PHILLIPS, A Minor. BERTRICE MARIE PHILLIPS, Respondent, v. DONALD E. PHILLIPS et al., Appellants. COUNSEL W. C. Dorris, C. Fleharty, Jr., and R. W. Henderson for Appellants. Fabian D. Brown for […]

Ziegler v. Reuze , 27 Cal.2d 389 [S. F. No. 17186. In Bank. Dec. 14, 1945.] LOUISE ZIEGLER, Appellant, v. JULIETTE REUZE, Respondent. COUNSEL Samuel D. Hamburg for Appellant. J. B. Zimdars for Respondent. OPINION SCHAUER, J. In this malicious prosecution action, plaintiff appeals from a judgment rendered by the court, without a jury, by […]

Hagge v. Drew , 27 Cal.2d 368 [L. A. No. 19164. In Bank. Dec. 14, 1945.] H. H. HAGGE et al., Appellants, v. JOHN DREW et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Buel R. Wood and Robert T. Linney for Appellants. Samuel DeGroot and Aaron Sapiro for Respondents. OPINION CARTER, J. The complaint in this action contains two […]

People v. Weatherford , 27 Cal.2d 401 [Crim. No. 4664. In Bank. Dec. 14, 1945.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. JACKSON M. WEATHERFORD, Appellant. COUNSEL Morris Lavine for Appellant. Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, Frank Richards, Deputy Attorney General, Fred N. Howser, District Attorney, Jere J. Sullivan, Robert Wheeler and J. Miller Leavy, Deputies District Attorney, […]

In re De La Roi , 27 Cal.2d 354 [Crim. No. 4558. In Bank. Dec. 11, 1945.] In re WILSON DE LA ROI, on Habeas Corpus. COUNSEL Alphonse Matthews and Rosalie S. Asher for Petitioner. Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, David K. Lener, Deputy Attorney General, John Q. Brown, District Attorney (Sacramento), and Albert H. […]

England v. City of Long Beach , 27 Cal.2d 343 [L. A. No. 19414. In Bank. Dec. 4, 1945.] HYRUM C. ENGLAND, Petitioner, v. CITY OF LONG BEACH (a Municipal Corporation) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Kenenth Sperry and James C. Webb for Petitioner. Joseph A. Ball as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner. Irving M. […]

Milana v. Credit Discount Co. , 27 Cal.2d 335 [L. A. No. 19413. In Bank. Dec. 4, 1945.] ROSE C. MILANA, Appellant, v. CREDIT DISCOUNT COMPANY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL David Schwartz and Samuel Mirman for Appellant. Earl E. Moss and C. V. Caldwell for Respondents. OPINION SHENK, J. The plaintiff appealed from a judgment […]

Ellis v. Board of Education , 27 Cal.2d 322 [S. F. No. 17249. In Bank. Nov. 27, 1945.] JOHN B. ELLIS et al., Petitioners, v. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Wayne M. Collins, J. Lamar Butler and Lawrence W. Allen for Petitioners. [27 Cal.2d 324] […]

Pewitt v. Riley , 27 Cal.2d 310 [L. A. No. 19454. In Bank. Nov. 27, 1945.] M. E. PEWITT, Respondent, v. FOSTER RILEY et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and Phillip C. Sterry for Appellants. Charles X. Arnold and Edgar T. Fee for Respondent. OPINION SCHAUER, J. Defendants appeal from a judgment rendered […]

Brooks v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. , 27 Cal.2d 305 [L. A. No. 19453. In Bank. Nov. 27, 1945.] MAXINE FOGARTY BROOKS, Respondent, v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL Walker, Adams & Duque and A. Andrew Hauk for Appellant. Henry H. Childress and Paul Sandmeyer as Amici Curiae on behalf of Appellant. […]

Rice v. California Lutheran Hospital , 27 Cal.2d 296 [L. A. No. 19424. In Bank. Nov. 27, 1945.] DAVIED ELLA RICE, Appellant, v. THE CALIFORNIA LUTHERAN HOSPITAL (a Corporation) et al., Defendants; LUTHERAN HOSPITAL SOCIETY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL Sullivan & Lane, Robert J. Sullivan, William J. D. Lane and George Stahlman […]

Howard v. Howard , 27 Cal.2d 319 [S. F. No. 17067. In Bank. Nov. 27, 1945.] ANITA Z. HOWARD, Respondent, v. LINDSAY C. HOWARD, Appellant. COUNSEL Walter McGovern and Neil S. McCarthy for Appellant. Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp as Amici Curiae on behalf of Appellant. Torregano & Stark, Charles M. Stark and Francis W. Murphy […]

Busch v. Truitt , 27 Cal.2d 889 [L. A. No. 19256. In Bank. Nov. 27, 1945.] GEORGE J. BUSCH, Respondent, v. RAE TRUITT, as Administratrix, etc., Appellant. COUNSEL Haight, Trippet & Syvertson and Lyle C. Newcomer for Appellant. Macdonald, Wallace, Cashin & Arrington and Woodson Wallace for Respondent. OPINION OF THE COURT Memorandum THE COURT. […]

Kroger v. Truitt , 27 Cal.2d 288 [L. A. No. 19242. In Bank. Nov. 27, 1945.] FRED W. KROGER, Respondent, v. RAE TRUITT, as Administratrix, etc., Appellant. COUNSEL Haight, Trippet & Syvertson and Lyle C. Newcomer for Appellant. Frank M. Gunter and Oscar C. Sattinger for Respondent. [27 Cal.2d 289] OPINION SHENK, J. This is […]

Gospel Army v. City of Los Angeles , 27 Cal.2d 232[L. A. No. 18808. In Bank. Nov. 20, 1945.] THE GOSPEL ARMY (a Corporation), Respondent, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Ray L. Chesebro, City Attorney, Frederick von Schrader, Assistant City Attorney, and Wilbur Bassett, Deputy City Attorney, for Appellants. Robert H. […]

People v. Williams , 27 Cal.2d 220 [Crim. No. 4666. In Bank. Nov. 16, 1945.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. VERNON WILLIAMS, Appellant. COUNSEL Vernon Williams, in pro. per., for Appellant. Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, Ralph W. Scott, Deputy Attorney General, and James F. Brennan for Respondent. OPINION SPENCE, J. Defendant was found guilty by […]

People v. Williams , 27 Cal.2d 216 [Crim. No. 4639. In Bank. Nov. 16, 1945.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. SAM WILLIAMS, Appellant. COUNSEL No appearance for Appellant. Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, and David K. Lener, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION SPENCE, J. This is an automatic appeal from a judgment imposing the death […]

People v. Tallman , 27 Cal.2d 209 [Crim. No. 4658. In Bank. Nov. 9, 1945.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. FRANK E. TALLMAN, Appellant. COUNSEL Forrest A. Betts and Wm. J. Currer, Jr., for Appellant. Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, and Carl S. Kegley, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. While on her way […]