Category: 1946

Taylor v. Selig , 28 Cal.2d 634 [S. F. No. 17139. In Bank. July 26, 1946.] LLOYD M. TAYLOR, Appellant, v. GEORGE A. SELIG, et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Vincent Surr and Morgan V. Spicer for Appellant. Fred A. Watkins for Respondents. [28 Cal.2d 636] OPINION CARTER, J. Plaintiff appeals from a judgment declaring the defendant […]

Martin v. Lopes , 28 Cal.2d 618 [Sac. No. 5730. In Bank. July 23, 1946.] JOHN C. MARTIN et al., Respondents, v. JOE R. LOPES et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Gilbert Moody for Appellants. Preston, Braucht & George and H. C. George for Respondents. OPINION SHENK, J. The defendants appeal from a judgment for the plaintiffs […]

Strudthoff v. Yates , 28 Cal.2d 602 [L. A. No. 19270. In Bank. July 23, 1946.] ADOLPH WILLIAM STRUDTHOFF et al., Appellants, v. SYDNEY YATES, as Administrator, etc., et al., Defendants and Respondents; EDITH H. YATES, Cross-complainant and Respondent. Estate of JOHN D. STRUDTHOFF, Deceased. COUNSEL William L. Waters for Appellants. Mize, Kroese & Larsh, […]

Jones v. Mortimer , 28 Cal.2d 627 [S. F. No. 17174. In Bank. July 23, 1946.] HERBERT C. JONES, Appellant, v. FRANK C. MORTIMER, as Building and Loan Commissioner, etc., et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Kenneth R. Malovos and Herman J. Mager for Appellant. Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, John J. Dailey, Roy D. Reese and […]

Gue v. Dennis , 28 Cal.2d 616 [L. A. No. 19703. In Bank. July 23, 1946.] STANLEY M. GUE, as Deputy Labor Commissioner, etc., Respondent, v. V. R. DENNIS, Appellant. COUNSEL Wright, Thomas, Dorman & Fox and LeRoy A. Wright, II, for Appellant. Thomas Whelan, District Attorney, Carroll H. Smith, Chief Trial Deputy District Attorney, […]

Merchant etc. Assn. v. Kellogg E. & D. Co. , 28 Cal.2d 594 [S. F. No. 17302. In Bank. July 16, 1946.] MERCHANT SHIPPERS ASSOCIATION (a Corporation), Respondent, v. KELLOGG EXPRESS AND DRAYING CO. (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL Derby, Sharp, Quinby & Tweedt and Lloyd M. Tweedt for Appellant. Jacobs, Blanckenburg & May and G. […]

Estate of Abdale , 28 Cal.2d 587 [L. A. No. 19221. In Bank. July 9, 1946.] Estate of WILLIAM ABDALE, Deceased. CHARLES RAYMOND RANDALL, Respondent, v. THE DEPARTMENT OF INSTITUTIONS, as Guardian, etc., et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Robert E. Hatch, Brandenburger & White and Wm. A. White for Appellants. Joseph J. Goodman, S. Arion Lewis, […]

In re Ward , 28 Cal.2d 583 [Crim. No. 4636. In Bank. July 5, 1946.] In re ROY G. WARD, on Habeas Corpus. COUNSEL Roy G. Ward, in pro. per., and Ward Sulllivan for Petitioner. Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, and Henry A. Dietz and David K. Lener, Deputies Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, […]

Kennedy v. Ross , 28 Cal.2d 569 [S. F. No. 17298. In Bank. July 5, 1946.] CLYDE C. KENNEDY, Petitioner, v. HARRY D. ROSS, as Controller, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL John L. McNab and Walter E. Hettman for Petitioner. Allen G. Wright and S. J. McAtee as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner. John J. O’Toole, […]

Holland v. Byram , 28 Cal.2d 567 [L. A. No. 19566. In Bank. July 3, 1946.] CECIL D. HOLLAND et al., Petitioners, v. HOWARD BYRAM, as Treasurer of Los Angeles County, etc., et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Morris Lavine for Petitioners. Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel, S. V. O. Prichard, Assistant County Counsel, and Claude H. […]

City of Los Angeles v. Cole , 28 Cal.2d 509 [L. A. No. 19575. In Bank. June 27, 1946.] CITY OF LOS ANGELES, Respondent, v. HENRIETTA HAWLEY COLE et al., Defendants; CONCEPCION CALDERON DE ACOSTA et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Burr & Smith and Philip Grey Smith for Appellants. Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel, and S. […]

Tabor v. Superior Court , 28 Cal.2d 505 [L. A. No. 19599. In Bank. June 27, 1946.] WINNIE ESTELLE TABOR et al., Petitioners, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent. COUNSEL Holcomb & Kempley for Petitioners. J. H. O’Connor, County Counsel, and S. V. O. Prichard, Assistant County Counsel, Charles A. Sunderlin, Mark F. […]

Sutter v. General Petroleum Corp. , 28 Cal.2d 525 [L. A. No. 19346. In Bank. June 26, 1946.] AUSTIN P. SUTTER et al., Appellants, v. GENERAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION (a Corporation) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Haight, Trippet & Syvertson for Appellants. Martin J. Weil, J. M. Jessen and Mortimer Kline for Respondents. OPINION CARTER, J. After […]

Sullivan v. State Bar , 28 Cal.2d 488 [L. A. No. 19549. In Bank. June 26, 1946.] BARRY SULLIVAN, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL Barry Sullivan, in pro. per., and John F. Poole for Petitioner. Jerold E. Weil for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. By writ of review, Barry Sulivan has challenged […]

Lockheed Aircraft Corp. v. Superior Court , 28 Cal.2d 481 [L. A. No. 19295. In Bank. June 26, 1946.] LOCKHEED AIRCRAFT CORPORATION (a Corporation), Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL H. C. Tallmadge, Roger B. Smith, Chase, Barnes & Chase, Stanley N. Barnes, Donn B. Downen, Jr., O’Melveny […]

Rescue Army v. Municipal Court , 28 Cal.2d 460 [L. A. No. 18946. In Bank. June 26, 1946.] THE RESCUE ARMY (a Corporation) et al., Petitioners, v. THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, Respondent. COUNSEL Robert H. Wallis for Petitioners. Ray L. Chesebro, City Attorney, Donald M. Redwine, Assistant City Attorney, and […]

Danskin v. San Diego Unified Sch. Dist. , 28 Cal.2d 536 [L. A. No. 19729. In Bank. June 26, 1946.] KENNTH L. DANSKIN et al., Petitioners, v. SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Respondents. COUNSEL A. L. Wirin and J. B. Tietz for Petitioners. Thomas Whelan, District Attorney (San Diego), and Carroll H. Smith, […]

Lady v. State Bar , 28 Cal.2d 497 [L. A. No. 19601. In Bank. June 26, 1946.] WILLIAM ELLIS LADY, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL Philbrick McCoy for Petitioner. Paul R. Hutchinson and Jerold E. Weil for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. The State Bar, by a notice to show cause, charged […]

Harris v. Joffe , 28 Cal.2d 418 [L. A. No. 19554. In Bank. June 25, 1946.] SOPHYE HARRIS, Respondent, v. ROSAMOND JOFFE, Appellant. COUNSEL C. A. Pinkham for Appellant. Samuel De Groot for Respondent. OPINION EDMONDS, J. Sophye Harris slipped and fell while walking through the entrance way to the apartment house in which she […]

People v. Gory , 28 Cal.2d 450 [Crim. No. 4701. In Bank. June 25, 1946.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. MORRIS GORY, Appellant. COUNSEL Frederic H. Vercoe, Public Defender, and William B. Neeley, Deputy Public Defender, for Appellant. Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, Everett W. Mattoon and Frank Richards, Deputies Attorney General, Fred N. Howser, District […]

Beeler v. American Trust Co. , 28 Cal.2d 435 [Sac. No. 5719. In Bank. June 25, 1946.] C. W. BEELER, Appellant, v. AMERICAN TRUST COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL Oliver J. Carter and Dudley D. McGregor for Appellant. Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison and M. B. Plant for Respondent. OPINION SPENCE, J. This is an appeal […]

Baldwin v. Baldwin , 28 Cal.2d 406 [L. A. Nos. 19280, 19296. In Bank. June 25, 1946.] ROWENA SCHNEIDER BALDWIN, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. BALDWIN M. BALDWIN, defendant and Appellant. COUNSEL Jerry Giesler, Meyer M. Willner, Joseph Scott, A. H. Risse and J. Howard Ziemann for Plaintiff and Appellant. Meserve, Mumper & Hughes, Roy L. […]

Monroe v. Superior Court , 28 Cal.2d 427 [L. A. No. 19622. In Bank. June 25, 1946.] EDWIN RUE MONROE, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Reynolds & Painter and Louis Miller for Petitioner. J. H. O’Connor, County Counsel, Douglas De Coster, Deputy County Counsel, and Hahn, Ross & […]

Sweeley v. Sweeley , 28 Cal.2d 389 [L. A. No. 19320. In Bank. June 21, 1946.] MERLE E. SWEELEY, Appellant, v. RUTH M. SWEELEY, Respondent. COUNSEL E. O. Leake and J. J. Leake for Appellant. Zagon, Aaron & Sandler, Roy Sandler and Robert Kingsley for Respondent. OPINION SCHAUER, J. Plaintiff husband appeals from an order […]

Johnston v. De La Guerra Properties, Inc. , 28 Cal.2d 394 [L. A. No. 19496. In Bank. June 21, 1946.] LAURA B. JOHNSTON, Appellant, v. DE LA GUERRA PROPERTIES, INC. (a Corporation) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL W. P. Butcher for Appellant. Spray, Davis & Gould and Norris Montgomery for Respondents. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. Defendant De […]