Category: 1945

People v. Jackson , 26 Cal.2d 616 [Crim. No. 4642. In Bank. June 27, 1945.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. LOUIE JACKSON, Appellant. COUNSEL Gerald Kenny, Public Defender, and Stephen M. White, Assistant Public Defender, for Appellant. Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, David K. Lener, Deputy Attorney General, Edmund G. Brown, District Attorney, and Thomas C. […]

Hough v. Hough , 26 Cal.2d 605 [L. A. No. 19234. In Bank. June 26, 1945.] HAZEL M. HOUGH, Respondent, v. JAMES V. HOUGH, Appellant. COUNSEL Holbrook & Tarr and Leslie R. Tarr for Appellant. Sullivan & Lane for Respondent. OPINION CARTER, J. On January 25, 1927, plaintiff commenced an action for divorce against her […]

Smith v. Bear Valley etc. Co. , 26 Cal.2d 590 [L. A. No. 18820. In Bank. June 26, 1945.] RALPH B. SMITH et al., Appellants, v. BEAR VALLEY MILLING & LUMBER COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL A. V. Falcone and Martin C. Casey for Appellants. Charles A. Bank for Respondents. Surr & Hellyer […]

Lindenbaum v. State Bar , 26 Cal.2d 565 [L. A. No. 19177. In Bank. June 22, 1945.] ISIDORE LINDENBAUM, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL Isaac Pacht and Harry J. Miller for Petitioner. Paul Nourse and Clarence B. Runkle for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. This is a proceeding to review the recommendation […]

Lane v. Pacific Greyhound Lines , 26 Cal.2d 575 [S. F. No. 17079. In Bank. June 22, 1945.] NAOMI GAE LANE et al., Appellants, v. PACIFIC GREYHOUND LINES (a Corporation) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL F. H. Dam for Appellant. Cooley, Crowley & Supple and T. H. DeLap for Respondents. OPINION CARTER, J. This is an […]

First Industrial Loan Co. v. Daugherty , 26 Cal.2d 545 [L. A. No. 19085. In Bank. June 19, 1945.] FIRST INDUSTRIAL LOAN COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA (a Corporation), Respondent, v. EDWIN M. DAUGHERTY, as Commissioner of Corporations, etc., Appellant. COUNSEL Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General and T. A. Westphal, Jr., Carl W. Wynkoop and J. Albert […]

Polk v. City of Los Angeles , 26 Cal.2d 519 [L. A. No. 19187. In Bank. June 12, 1945.] EARL H. POLK, Respondent, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Ray L. Chesebro, City Attorney, S. B. Robinson, Assistant City Attorney, and Everard L. McMurrin, Deputy City Attorney, for Appellants. Samuel A. Rosenthal […]

Pacific Indem. Co. v. Industrial Acc. Com. , 26 Cal.2d 509 [L. A. Nos. 19289, 19290. In Bank. June 8, 1945.] PACIFIC INDEMNITY COMPANY (a Corporation), Petitioner, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION, SALOME VALLEZ et al., Respondents. (Two Cases.) COUNSEL Herlihy & Herlihy for Petitioner. Everett A. Corten and R. C. McKellips for Respondents. OPINION SPENCE, […]

People v. One 1941 Ford 8 Stake Truck , 26 Cal.2d 503 [L. A. No. 19220. In Bank. June 5, 1945.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. ONE 1941 FORD 8 STAKE TRUCK, Defendant; CONSOLIDATED PRODUCE COMPANY LTD., Appellant. COUNSEL Richard J. O. Culver and Felix H. McGinnis for Appellant. Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, and Bayard […]

Estate of Madison , 26 Cal.2d 453 [S. F. No. 16970. In Bank. May 31, 1945.] Estate of FRANK D. MADISON, Deceased. HARRY B. RILEY, as State Controller, etc., Appellant, v. MARSHALL P. MADISON, as Executor, etc., et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Raymond G. La Noue, Inheritance Tax Attorney, Arthur W. Brouillet, Deputy Inheritance Tax Attorney, […]

Estate of Lund , 26 Cal.2d 472 [S. F. No. 17000. In Bank. May 31, 1945.] Estate of ANDREW LUND, Deceased. BERT A. LUND, Appellant, v. FRANK LUND, Individually and as Guardian, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Robert E. Hatch and Giannini, Callahan & Giannini for Appellant. Simeon E. Sheffey for Respondent. OPINION SCHAUER, J. Bert A. […]

McClatchy Newspapers v. Superior Court , 26 Cal.2d 386 [Sac. No. 5660. In Bank. May 29, 1945.] McCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS (a Corporation), Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SACRAMENTO COUNTY, Respondent. COUNSEL Alex J. Ashen, Theo. J. Roche, Downey, Brand & Seymour and Sullivan, Roche, Johnson & Farraher for Petitioner. Malcolm C. Glenn in pro. per. […]

Hobart v. Hobart Estate Co. , 26 Cal.2d 412 [S. F. No. 17048. In Bank. May 29, 1945.] WALTER S. HOBART, Respondent, v. HOBART ESTATE COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Arthur B. Dunne, Dunne & Dunne, Sloss & Turner, Allan P. Matthew, Robert L. Lipman and McCutchen, Thomas, Matthew, Griffiths & Greene for […]

Intagliata v. Shipowners & Mer. etc. Co. , 26 Cal.2d 365 [S. F. No. 17102. In Bank. May 25, 1945.] JOE INTAGLIATA, Respondent, v. SHIPOWNERS & MERCHANTS TOWBOAT COMPANY, LTD. (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL Derby, Sharp, Quinby & Tweedt for Appellant. Andersen & Resner, George R. Andersen and Herbert Resner for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. […]

Alfafara v. Fross , 26 Cal.2d 358 [S. F. No. 17108. In Bank. May 22, 1945.] CELESTINO ALFAFARA, Respondent, v. BERNICE FROSS, Appellant. COUNSEL Winston Churchill Black for Appellant. Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, Sigvald Nielson and Charles F. Prael for Respondent. OPINION SHENK, J. The plaintiff, a native Filipino, sought specific performance of a contract […]

Benner v. Industrial Acc. Com. , 26 Cal.2d 346 [S. F. No. 17093. In Bank. May 18, 1945.] JEAN LAUGHLIN BENNER, Petitioner, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Melvin M. Belli and Anthony J. Wiechers for Petitioner. Everett A. Corten, Dan Murphy, Jr., and W. N. Mullen for Respondents. OPINION SHENK, J. This […]

Barrett v. Brown , 26 Cal.2d 328 [L. A. No. 18929. In Bank. May 8, 1945.] LYNN WARWICK BARRETT, Appellant, v. LEONARD H. BROWN, Respondent. COUNSEL Edwin J. Miller for Appellant. Raphael L. Dechter for Respondent. Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, and John L. Nourse and E. G. Benard, Deputies Attorney General, as Amici Curiae […]

King v. Pacific States S. & L. Co. , 26 Cal.2d 333 [S. F. No. 17051. In Bank. May 8, 1945.] WESLEY KING, Appellant, v. PACIFIC STATES SAVINGS AND LOAN COMPANY (a Corporation), Defendant; FRANK C. MORTIMER, as Building and Loan Commissioner, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Raymond Perry and Alden Ames for Appellant. Robert W. Kenny, […]

Burgess v. Cahill , 26 Cal.2d 320 [Sac. No. 5684. In Bank. May 4, 1945.] BILLY BURGESS, a Minor, etc. et al., Appellants, v. SAMUEL A. CAHILL et al., Defendants; H. P. GARIN COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL Gumpert & Mazzera and Charles A. Zeller for Appellants. Neumiller & Ditz and C. H. Hogan for […]

People v. Diaz , 26 Cal.2d 318 [Crim. No. 4613. In Bank. May 1, 1945.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. MANUEL NINO DIAZ, Appellant. COUNSEL Charles H. Vance for Appellant. Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, and David K. Lener, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION SHENK, J. The defendant was adjudged guilty of murder of the […]

City of Compton v. Boland , 26 Cal.2d 310 [L. A. No. 18956. In Bank. May 1, 1945.] CITY OF COMPTON, Respondent, v. JOHN J. BOLAND, Individually and as Administrator, etc. et al., Appellants. [L. A. No. 18955. In Bank. May 1, 1945.] LLOYD A. FRY ROOFING COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent, v. JOHN J. BOLAND, […]

Estate of Sam Lee , 26 Cal.2d 295 [Sac. No. 5723. In Bank. Apr. 27, 1945.] Estate of SAM LEE, Deceased. FLORENCE BOYES, as Public Administrator, etc., Respondent, v. MARK YEE WO, Appellant. COUNSEL Robert P. Sullivan for Appellant. Foltz & Rendor for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. This application for a writ of supersedeas seeks […]

SEKT v. JUSTICE’S COURT , 26 Cal.2d 297 [S. F. No. 17140. In Bank. Apr. 27, 1945.] A. A. SEKT, Petitioner, v. JUSTICE’S COURT OF SAN RAFAEL TOWNSHIP, Respondent. COUNSEL Leo R. Friedman for Petitioner. Harold Jos. Haley, District Attorney (Marin), and Thomas P. Boyd, Deputy District Attorney, for Respondent. OPINION PETERS, J. pro. tem. […]

Pacific Empployers Ins. Co. v. Industrial Acc. Com. , 26 Cal.2d 286 [S. F. No. 17110. In Bank. Apr. 24, 1945.] PACIFIC EMPLOYERS INSURANCE COMPANY (a Corporation), Petitioner, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION and LILLIAN CARMEL, Respondents. COUNSEL James C. McDermott and W. N. Mullen for Petitioner. Everett A. Corten and R. C. McKellips for Respondents. […]

State Comp. Ins. Fund v. Industrial Acc. Com. , 26 Cal.2d 278 [S. F. No. 17134. In Bank. Apr. 20, 1945.] STATE COMPENSATION INSURANCE FUND, Petitioner, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION, R. E. RODGERS et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Donald Gallagher and Edmund J. Thomas, Jr., for Petitioner. Everett A. Corten, Dan Murphy, Jr., and Floyd S. […]