Category: 1946

Rock Creek etc. Dist. v. County of Calaveras , 29 Cal.2d 7 [Sac. No. 5712. In Bank. Sept. 17, 1946.] ROCK CREEK WATER DISTRICT, Respondent, v. COUNTY OF CALAVERAS, Appellant. COUNSEL Virgil M. Airola, District Attorney, for Appellant. C. R. Montgomery for Respondent. OPINION CARTER, J. Plaintiff, Rock Creek Water District, recovered judgment against defendant […]

People v. Dorman , 28 Cal.2d 846 [Crim. No. 4703. In Bank. Sept. 13, 1946.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. WILLIAM NEAL DORMAN et al., Defendants; MERLIN JAMES SMITH, Appellant. COUNSEL Frederick W. Kant for Appellant. Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, Frank Richards, Deputy Attorney General, Fred N. Howser, District Attorney (Los Angeles), and Robert Wheeler, […]

Ephraim v. Metropolitan Trust Co. , 28 Cal.2d 824 [Sac. No. 5677. In Bank. Sept. 11, 1946.] WALTER K. EPHRAIM et al., Appellants, v. METROPOLITAN TRUST COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA (a Corporation) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL John J. Redhead for Appellants. William H. B. Haymond, F. W. Audrain and Thomas Maul for Respondents. Herbert E. White […]

Krier v. Krier , 28 Cal.2d 841 [Sac. No. 5736. In Bank. Sept. 11, 1946.] M. H. KRIER, Respondent, v. LILLIAN KRIER, Appellant. COUNSEL Ira B. Langdon for Appellant. Gumpert & Mazzera and J. Calvert Snyder for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. Prior to his marriage to defendant in 1929 plaintiff purchased 20 acres of farm […]

Roedder v. Lindsley , 28 Cal.2d 820 [L. A. No. 19716. In Bank. Sept. 11, 1946.] ALFRED CARL ROEDDER, Respondent, v. CLAYTON WM. ROWLEY, Defendant; HOWARD L. LINDSLEY et al., Appellant. COUNSEL Spray, Davis & Gould and Charles Perry Gould for Appellants. Tripp, Callaway, Sampson & Dryden and Dewitt Morgan Manning for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, […]

McArthur v. State Bar , 28 Cal.2d 779 [L. A. No. 19568. In Bank. Aug. 27, 1946.] LELAND McARTHUR, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL Philbrick McCoy for Petitioner. T. Paul Moody and Jerold E. Weil for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. Petitioner seeks reinstatement as an attorney at law. The Board of […]

Woo v. Martz , 28 Cal.2d 866 [L. A. No. 19319. In Bank. Aug. 27, 1946.] GEORGE WOO et al., Appellants, v. JAMES L. MARTZ et al., Respondents. COUNSEL John A. Jorgenson for Appellants. Cushman & Paul for Respondents. OPINION OF THE COURT Memorandum GIBSON, C.J. This is a companion case to Hails v. Martz, […]

Hails v. Martz , 28 Cal.2d 775 [L. A. No. 19318. In Bank. Aug. 27, 1946.] RAYMOND R. HAILS, Appellant, v. JAMES L. MARTZ et al., Respondents. COUNSEL John A. Jorgenson for Appellant. Frank Karr, C. W. Cornell, Cushman & Paul, Robert A. Cushman, Robert R. Ashton and George H. Emerson for Respondents. OPINION GIBSON, […]

CALIFORNIA PHYSICIANS’ SERVICE v. GARRISON , 28 Cal.2d 790 [S. F. No. 17006. In Bank. Aug. 27, 1946.] CALIFORNIA PHYSICIANS’ SERVICE (a Nonprofit Corporation), Respondent, v. MAYNARD GARRISON, as Insurance Commissioner, etc., Appellant. COUNSEL Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, T. A. Westphal, Jr., and Harold B. Haas, Deputies Attorney General, for Appellant. Hartley F. Peart […]

French v. Jordan , 28 Cal.2d 765 [L. A. No. 19775. In Bank. Aug. 26, 1946.] F. WALTER FRENCH, Petitioner, v. FRANK M. JORDAN, as Secretary of State, etc., et al., Respondents. COUNSEL F. Walter French, in pro. per., Frank J. Indovina and J. Leroy Irwin for Petitioner. Joseph W. Aidlin, in pro. per., and […]

Lockheed Aircraft Corp. v. Industrial Acc. Com. , 28 Cal.2d 756 [L. A. No. 19633. In Bank. Aug. 23, 1946.] LOCKHEED AIRCRAFT CORPORATION (a Corporation) et al., Petitioner, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION and RICHARD JANDA, Respondents. COUNSEL Syril S. Tipton for Petitioners. R. C. McKellips and Edward A. Sarkisian for Respondents. OPINION SHENK, J. The […]

In re Gaffney , 28 Cal.2d 761 [S. F. No. 17287. In Bank. Aug. 23, 1946.] In re Petition of JAMES F. GAFFNEY, for Readmission to The State Bar of California. COUNSEL J. W. S. Butler, Robert A. Zarich, Stanley W. Reckers, Lloyd Buchler, R. B. Hibbitt, C. K. Curtright and Thomas O’Hara for Petitioner. […]

Estate of Brooks , 28 Cal.2d 748 [L. A. No. 19376. In Bank. Aug. 20, 1946.] Estate of JAMES ROBERT BROOKS, Deceased. BESSIE M. BROOKS, Respondent, v. EMMA BROOKS, Appellant. COUNSEL Newby, Holder & Newby for Appellant. Perry F. Backus for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. Petitioner and decedent were married in September, 1936, and separated […]

People v. Leary , 28 Cal.2d 740 [Crim. No. 4683. In Bank. Aug. 16, 1946.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. DAN LEARY, Appellant. COUNSEL Morris Lavine for Appellant. Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, and Frank Richards, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. [28 Cal.2d 741] OPINION CARTER, J. Defendant Dan Leary and his codefendant William Crain were […]

People v. Simmons , 28 Cal.2d 699 [Crim. No. 4657. In Bank. Aug. 16, 1946.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. ALGER SIMMONS, Appellant. COUNSEL Leola Buck Kellogg and Montgomery G. Rice for Appellant. Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, and Frank Richards, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION CARTER, J. The questions presented by this appeal concern […]

People v. Leary , 28 Cal.2d 727 [Crim. No. 4652. In Bank. Aug. 16, 1946] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. DAN LEARY et al., Defendants; WILLIAM CRAIN, Appellant. COUNSEL Paul E. Tapley and E. W. Miller for Appellant. Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, and Frank Richards, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION CARTER, J. Appellant Crain […]

Williams v. Field Transportation Co. , 28 Cal.2d 696 [L. A. No. 19741. In Bank. Aug. 13, 1946.] WILLIE WILLIAMS, Respondent, v. FIELD TRANSPORTATION COMPANY et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Kenneth J. Murphy for Appellants. Herlihy & Herlihy for Respondent. OPINION EDMONDS, J. Willie Williams sued Field Transportation Company and J. M. Brown, its employee, for […]

People v. One 1941 Buick Sport Coupe , 28 Cal.2d 692 [L. A. No. 19709. In Bank. Aug. 13, 1946.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. ONE 1941 BUICK SPORT COUPE, Defendant; IGNACIO N. MARQUEZ et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Sprague & Sparks and Philip S. Schutz for Appellants. Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, and Bayard Rhone, Deputy […]

People v. Mendez , 28 Cal.2d 686 [Crim. No. 4721. In Bank. Aug. 9, 1946.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. ANTONIO SANTIAGO MENDEZ, Appellant. COUNSEL Walter L. Gordon, Jr., Everette M. Porter and Erskine Stevenson Ragland for Appellant. Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, and Frank Richards, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION SHENK, J. This is […]

People v. Santa Fe Federal S. & L. Assn. , 28 Cal.2d 675 [Sac. No. 5691. In Bank. Aug. 9, 1946.] THE PEOPLE, Appellant, v. SANTA FE FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, and John L. Nourse and Daniel N. Stevens, Deputies Attorney General, for Appellant. Surr […]

People v. Phyle , 28 Cal.2d 671 [Crim. No. 4723. In Bank. Aug. 6, 1946.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. WILLIAM JOHN PHYLE, Appellant. COUNSEL Harry Bowman for Appellant. Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, and Frank Richards, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION EDMONDS, J. Upon a plea of guilty, William J. Phyle was sentenced to […]

Robinson v. Puls , 28 Cal.2d 664 [S. F. No. 17120. In Bank. Aug. 1, 1946.] GEORGE DURHAM ROBINSON et al., Appellants, v. VERA PULS, as Administratrix, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL William Berger and Abraham Setzer for Appellants. James R. Agee, Breed, Burpee & Robinson and Lester Perry for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. This action was […]

People v. Trieber , 28 Cal.2d 657 [Crim. No. 4699. In Bank. July 30, 1946.] THE PEOPLE, Appellant, v. MORRIS TRIEBER, Respondent. COUNSEL Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, David K. Lener, Deputy Attorney General, Edmund G. Brown, District Attorney, and James F. Brennan, Chief Trial Attorney, for Appellant. J. W. Ehrlich and Joseph A. Brown […]

Carr v. Wm. C. Crowell Co. , 28 Cal.2d 652 [L. A. No. 19717. In Bank. July 30, 1946.] HUBERT L. CARR, Appellant, v. WM. C. CROWELL COMPANY et al., Defendants; R. A. CROWELL, Respondent. COUNSEL Lasher B. Gallagher for Appellant. Kenneth J. Murphy for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. Defendant Crowell is a general building […]

Preston v. State Bar , 28 Cal.2d 643 [L. A. No. 19669. In Bank. July 30, 1946.] LOIS PRESTON, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL Philbrick McCoy for Petitioner. Jerold E. Weil and Stanley N. Barnes for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. Petitioner seeks review of the action of the Board of Governors […]