Category: 1945

Griffith v. State Bar , 26 Cal.2d 273 [L. A. No. 19285. In Bank. Apr. 20, 1945.] LLOYD CORNELIUS GRIFFITH, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL Thomas L. Griffith, Jr., Loren Miller and Ivan J. Johnson, III, for Petitioner. Nixon A. Lange and Jerold E. Weil for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. This […]

Viner v. Untrecht , 26 Cal.2d 261 [L. A. No. 18907. In Bank. Apr. 17, 1945.] BETTY RUTH L. VINER et al., Respondents, v. MARY UNTRECHT, Appellant. COUNSEL Arthur E. Briggs and J. B. Mandel for Appellant. S. L. Kurland and W. L. Pollard for Respondents. OPINION CARTER, J. We have examined the record in […]

Ballentine v. Superior Court , 26 Cal.2d 254 [S. F. No. 17137. In Bank. Apr. 10, 1945.] EDWARD W. BALLENTINE, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN MATEO COUNTY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Paul A. McCarthy and Max H. Margolis for Petitioner. Joseph J. Bullock, Sterling Carr and A. Dal Thomson for Respondents. OPINION PETERS, J., […]

Greene v. Hawaiian Dredging Co. , 26 Cal.2d 245 [L. A. No. 19209. In Bank. Mar. 30, 1945.] VICTOR FENEMORE GREENE, Respondent, v. HAWAIIAN DREDGING COMPANY, LTD. (a Corporation) et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Thelen, Marrin, Johnson & Bridges, Cedric L. Brash and Bruce Walkup for Appellants. J. P. Nunnelley and William C. Ring for Respondent. […]

Pacific Freight Lines v. Industrial Acc. Com. , 26 Cal.2d 234 [L. A. No. 19208. In Bank. Mar. 30, 1945.] PACIFIC FREIGHT LINES (a Corporation) et al., Petitioners, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION, MYRTLE J. OATES et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Crider, Runkle & Tilson, Clarence B. Runkle and John J. Haydon for Petitioners. Everett A. Corten […]

Gartner v. Roth , 26 Cal.2d 184 [L. A. No. 18944. In Bank. Mar. 30, 1945.] HENRY A. GARTNER et al., Appellants, v. V. L. ROTH, as Auditor, etc., et al., Respondents. COUNSEL C. E. Crowley for Appellants. Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, John L. Nourse and Daniel N. Stevens, Deputies Attorney General, John P. […]

Lelande v. Lowery , 26 Cal.2d 224 [L. A. No. 19159. In Bank. Mar. 30, 1945.] H. J. LELANDE, Petitioner, v. J. M. LOWERY, as County Auditor, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Rollin L. McNitt and Edythe Jacobs for Petitioner. J. H. O’Connor, County Counsel, S. V. O. Prichard, Assistant County Counsel, and Jesse J. Frampton, Deputy […]

Mosley v. Arden Farms Co. , 26 Cal.2d 213 [L. A. No. 19154. In Bank. Mar. 30, 1945.] SAM R. MOSLEY, Respondent, v. ARDEN FARMS COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL Monroe & McInnis for Appellant. Johnson & Johnson, E. L. Johnson and C. Ashley Johnson for Respondent. OPINION CARTER, J. Defendant appeals from a judgment […]

Fackrell v. City of San Diego , 26 Cal.2d 196 [L. A. No. 19138. In Bank. March 30, 1945.] IDA FACKRELL, Respondent, v. CITY OF SAN DIEGO, Appellant. COUNSEL J. F. Du Paul, City Attorney, and J. H. McKinney and Edward H. Law, Deputies City Attorney, for Appellant. Ray L. Chesebro, City Attorney (Los Angeles), […]

Grimm v. Grimm , 26 Cal.2d 173 [L. A. No. 18998. In Bank. Mar. 27, 1945.] CLARA GRIMM, Respondent, v. WALTER E. GRIMM, et al., as Administrators, etc., Appellants. COUNSEL John J. Craig and Rush M. Blodget for Appellants. Stephen Monteleone for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. In January, 1941, plaintiff and Lewis Grimm were divorced. […]

Irvine Co. v. McColgan , 26 Cal.2d 160 [L. A. No. 18634. In Bank. Mar. 23, 1945.] THE IRVINE COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent, v. CHARLES J. McCOLGAN, as Franchise Tax Commissioner, etc., Appellant. COUNSEL Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, and H. H. Linney and James E. Sabine, Deputies Attorney General, for Appellant. Scarborough & Petty […]

Rannard v. Lockheed Aircraft Corp. , 26 Cal.2d 149 [L. A. No. 19157. In Bank. Mar. 20, 1945.] H. H. RANNARD et al., Appellants, v. LOCKHEED AIRCRAFT CORPORATION (a Corporation) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL A. G. Van Deventer for Appellants. George H. Moore, Hugh B. Rotchford and Harold C. Tallmadge for Respondents. OPINION SPENCE, J. […]

Weber v. Superior Court , 26 Cal.2d 144 [Sac. No. 5662. In Bank. Mar. 15, 1945.] FRANK WEBER et al, Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF YOLO COUNTY, Respondent. COUNSEL Thomas B. Leeper, in pro. per., and for Petitioners. Elmer W. Armfield and Arthur B. Eddy for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. Petitioners, attorney and client, […]

Chambers v. Duvall , 26 Cal.2d 139 [L. A. No. 18904. In Bank. Mar. 13, 1945.] LOVELL C. CHAMBERS, Appellant, v. JAMES A. DUVALL et al., Respondent. COUNSEL Solon S. Kipp and W. E. Starke for Appellant. Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, John L. Nourse, Deputy Attorney General, J. H. O’Connor, County Counsel (Los Angeles), […]

Industrial Ind. Exch. v. Industrial Acc. Com. , 26 Cal.2d 130 [L. A. No. 19149. In Bank. Mar. 9, 1945.] INDUSTRIAL INDEMNITY EXCHANGE (an Interinsurance Exchange), Petitioner, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION, JOHN CAMPELLONE et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Herlihy & Herlihy for Petitioner. Everett A. Corten, R. C. McKellips and Fred G. Goldsworthy for Respondent. OPINION […]

Miller v. Miller , 26 Cal.2d 119 [S. F. No. 16963. In Bank. Mar. 6, 1945.] MARION M. MILLER, Respondent, v. LOREN F. MILLER, Appellant. COUNSEL Campbell, Hayes & Custer and Robert E. Hayes for Appellant. Francis N. Foley and J. A. Branson for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. On December 8, 1941, plaintiff procured an […]

City of Los Angeles v. Post War Works Review Bd. , 26 Cal.2d 101 [L. A. No. 19213. In Bank. Feb. 23, 1945.] CITY OF LOS ANGELES, Petitioner, v. POST WAR PUBLIC WORKS REVIEW BOARD et al., Respondents. [L. A. No. 19224. In Bank. Feb. 23, 1945.] COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, Petitioner, v. POST WAR […]

Bewick v. Mecham , 26 Cal.2d 92 [L. A. No. 18813. In Bank. Feb. 23, 1945.] RICHARD BEWICK, Respondent, v. PEARL MARGARET MECHAM, as Executrix, etc., Appellant. COUNSEL Claflin, Dorsey & Campbell, Dorsey & Campbell, Allan Campbell and J. R. Dorsey for Appellant. Harvey, Johnston & Baker, T. N. Harvey and Carl Johnston for Respondent. […]

Lashley v. Koerber , 26 Cal.2d 83 [S. F. No. 17080. In Bank. Feb. 20, 1945.] THELMA L. LASHLEY, Appellant, v. GEORGE E. KOERBER, M. D., Respondent. COUNSEL Charles Reagh for Appellant. Appelbaum & Mitchell and John Jewett Earle for Respondent. OPINION SCHAUER, J. This is an appeal from a judgment of nonsuit in a […]

Dierkes v. City of Los Angeles , 25 Cal.2d 938 [L. A. No. 19198. In Bank. Feb. 16, 1945.] HENRY B. DIERKES, Appellant, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Edward C. Purpus and Morris Lavine for Appellant. Ray L. Chesebro, City Attorney, and Robert J. Stahl, Deputy City Attorney, for Respondents. OPINION […]

Gibson v. City of San Diego , 25 Cal.2d 930 [L. A. No. 19099. In Bank. Feb. 16, 1945.] JOHN E. GIBSON, Respondent, v. CITY OF SAN DIEGO et al., Appellants. COUNSEL J. F. DuPaul, City Attorney, and Edward H. Law, Deputy City Attorney, for Appellants. C. Rupert Linley and Monroe & McInnis for Respondent. […]

Coca-Cola Co. v. State Bd. of Equalization , 25 Cal.2d 918 [L. A. No. 18990. In Bank. Feb. 9, 1945.] THE COCA-COLA COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant, v. STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL Earle M. Daniels, Julius V. Patrosso and Hallam Mathews for Appellant. Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, H. […]

Phillips v. Trusheim , 25 Cal.2d 913 [L. A. No. 18812. In Bank. Feb. 9, 1945.] WILLIAM E. PHILLIPS et al., Appellants, v. ALVIN A. TRUSHEIM, Respondent. COUNSEL Vincent Whelan for Appellants. Lindley & Higgins for Respondent. OPINION EDMONDS, J. More than three years after the service of summons upon Alvin C. Trusheim, judgment was […]

Estate of Kaufman , 25 Cal.2d 854 [L. A. No. 18917. In Bank. Feb. 7, 1945.] Estate of SAMUEL B. KAUFMAN, Deceased. SECOND CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, OF NEW YORK CITY, Appellant, v. HENRY KAUFMAN et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Lindstrom & Bartlett and Ralph G. Lindstrom for Appellant. Gaines Hon for Respondents. [25 Cal.2d 856] […]

People v. Thomas , 25 Cal.2d 880 [Crim. No. 4551. In Bank. Feb. 7, 1945.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. C. T. THOMAS, Appellant. COUNSEL H. E. Manning and George Olshausen for Appellant. Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, and David K. Lener, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION SCHAUER, J. This is an appeal from a […]