Category: 1946

Ballard v. Pacific Greyhound Lines , 28 Cal.2d 357 [L. A. No. 19598. In Bank. June 18, 1946.] MABEL BALLARD, Appellant, v. PACIFIC GREYHOUND LINES (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL Wm. J. McNichols and Josiah Coombs for Appellant. [28 Cal.2d 358] Bryce P. Gibbs, Kenneth K. Scott, Cooley, Crowley & Supple and Cooley, Crowley, Gaither & […]

Anheuser-Busch, Inc. v. Starley , 28 Cal.2d 347 [L. A. No. 19479. In Bank. June 18, 1946.] ANHEUSER-BUSCH, INC. (a Corporation), Appellant, v. MAUD M. STARLEY, Respondent. COUNSEL Elbert E. Hensley and John H. Klenke for Appellant. Sigurd E. Murphy, George Finucane and Francis D. Thornton for Respondent. OPINION CARTER, J. Plaintiff appeals from a […]

Pullman Co. v. Industrial Acc. Com. , 28 Cal.2d 379 [S. F. No. 17295. In Bank. June 18, 1946.] THE PULLMAN COMPANY (a Corporation), Petitioner, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION and ADELINE MIRA, Respondents. COUNSEL Corbet & Selby, Russel Shearer and Paul Thomas for Petitioner. Everett A. Corten, Dan Murphy, Jr., and R. C. McKellips for […]

Div. of Labor Law Enforcement v. Moroney , 28 Cal.2d 344 [L. A. No. 19713. In Bank. June 14, 1946.] DIVISION OF LABOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, Petitioner, v. J. F. MORONEY, as County Clerk, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Pauline Nightingale and Fred Houghton for Petitioner. Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel, and Douglas De Coster, Deputy County Counsel, […]

Estate of Hultin , 28 Cal.2d 340 [L. A. No. 19576. In Bank. June 12, 1946.] Estate of HELEN LA MONTE HULTIN, Deceased. JACK YOULIAN, as Executor, etc., et al., Respondents, v. NADIA WILLIAMS et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Nadia Williams, in pro. per., and Marion P. Betty for Appellants. Michael F. Brown and William A. […]

Pacific Indem. Co. v. Industrial Acc. Com. , 28 Cal.2d 329 [L. A. No. 19609. In Bank. June 11, 1946.] PACIFIC INDEMNITY COMPANY (a Corporation), Petitioner, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION, HESTER P. HENSLICK et al., Respondent. COUNSEL Herlihy & Herlihy for Petitioner. Everett A. Corten, Edward A. Sarkisian and R. C. McKellips for Respondents. OPINION […]

Hunt v. Authier , 28 Cal.2d 288 [L. A. No. 19536. In Bank. June 7, 1946.] LOIS M. HUNT, a Minor, etc., et al., Appellants, v. LOUISE AUTHIER, as Administratrix With the Will Annexed, Respondent. COUNSEL Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp for Appellants. Henry Brouillette and Montgomery G. Rice for Respondent. OPINION SHENK, J. This is […]

People v. Peete , 28 Cal.2d 306 [Crim. No. 4673. In Bank. June 7, 1946.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. LOUISE PEETE, Appellant. COUNSEL Frederic H. Vercoe, Public Defender, and William B. Neeley, Deputy Public Defender, for Appellant. Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, Frank Richards, Deputy Attorney General, Fred N. Howser, District Attorney, and John Barnes, […]

Brandenburg v. Pac. Gas & Elec. Co. , 28 Cal.2d 282 [Sac. No. 5777. In Bank. May 31, 1946.] LILIAN BRANDENBURG, as Administratrix, etc., Appellant, v. PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Brandenburger & White and W. A. White for Appellant. Thos. J. Straub, F. H. Pearson and Jay L. […]

Colbert v. Colbert , 28 Cal.2d 276 [L. A. No. 19225. In Bank. May 28, 1946.] RUTH COLBERT, Respondent, v. JOSEPH W. COLBERT, Appellant. COUNSEL Clarence Hansen for Appellant. Michael Rudolph and Daly B. Robnett for Respondent. OPINION EDMONDS, J. In an action for separate maintenance, Joseph W. Colbert was ordered to make certain payments […]

In re De La Roi , 28 Cal.2d 264 [Crim. No. 4719. In Bank. May 24, 1946.] In re WILSON DE LA ROI, on Habeas Corpus and for a Writ of Error Coram Nobis and a Writ of Error Coram Vobis. COUNSEL Harold C. Brown for Petitioner. Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, David K. Lener, […]

Crouch v. Crouch , 28 Cal.2d 243 [L. A. No. 18870. In Bank. May 24, 1946.] EDITH M. CROUCH, Appellant, v. BEN E. CROUCH, Respondent. COUNSEL Charles C. Montgomery, Jr., for Appellant. Peters & Peters for Respondent. OPINION EDMONDS, J. In a suit for divorce and for a share of the community property, the wife’s […]

Rattray v. Scudder , 28 Cal.2d 214 [L. A. No. 19512. In Bank. May 21, 1946.] W. S. RATTRAY, Respondent, v. HUBERT B. SCUDDER, as Real Estate Commissioner, etc., Appellant. COUNSEL Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, Walter L. Bowers, Assistant Attorney General, and Carl S. Kegley, Deputy Attorney General, for Appellant. Mack, Werdel & Bianco […]

People v. Bernard , 28 Cal.2d 207 [Crim. No. 4685. In Bank. May 17, 1946.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. CHARLIE BERNARD, Appellant. COUNSEL Frederic H. Vercoe, Public Defender, and William B. Neeley and E. E. Cuff, Deputies Public Defender, for Appellant. Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, and Frank Richards, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION […]

Alford v. Industrial Accident Com. , 28 Cal.2d 198 [L. A. No. 19573. In Bank. May 14, 1946.] EDWIN W. ALFORD, Petitioner, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Charles A. Son and David R. Rubin for Petitioner. Everett A. Corten, R. C. McKellips, Edward A. Sarkisian, Claude F. Weingand and Herlihy & Herlihy […]

In re Payton , 28 Cal.2d 194 [Crim. No. 4692. In Bank. May 10, 1946.] In re FRANK C. PAYTON, on Habeas Corpus. COUNSEL Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, and Frank Richards, Deputy Attorney General, for Appellant. Alexander L. Oster for Petitioner. [28 Cal.2d 195] OPINION SHENK, J. In this habeas corpus proceeding the People […]

People v. Owens , 28 Cal.2d 191 [Crim. No. 4702. In Bank. May 7, 1946.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. JOHN W. OWENS, Appellant. COUNSEL Cantillon & Glover and Richard H. Cantillon for Appellant. Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, and Frank Richards, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. Defendant was accused by information in […]

Olwell v. Hopkins , 28 Cal.2d 147 [L. A. No. 19310. In Bank. May 7, 1946.] EUGENE E. OLWELL et al., Appellants, v. W. L. HOPKINS et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Norris Montgomery, Heaney, Price, Postel & Parma and Francis Price for Appellants. Schauer, Ryon & McMahon, Julien F. Goux and Combs & Murphine for Respondents. […]

Hansen v. Bear Film Company, Inc. , 28 Cal.2d 154 [S. F. No. 16989. In Bank. May 7, 1946.] VIRGINIA J. HANSEN, Respondent, v. BEAR FILM COMPANY, INC. (a Corporation) et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison for Appellants. Richard S. Goldman, Gorman R. Silen and A. B. Bianchi for Respondent. OPINION CARTER, J. […]

People v. Wilson , 28 Cal.2d 185 [Crim. No. 4691. In Bank. May 7, 1946.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. OTTO STEPHEN WILSON, Appellant. COUNSEL Frederic H. Vercoe, Public Defender, and William B. Neeley, Deputy Public Defender, for Appellant. Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, and Frank Richards, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION SPENCE, J. Defendant […]

Estate of Markham , 28 Cal.2d 69 [L. A. No. 19201. In Bank. Apr. 30, 1946.] Estate of WILLIAM F. MARKHAM, Deceased. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION, Appellant, v. HARLAN G. PALMER, Respondent. COUNSEL Lindstrom & Bartlett and Ralph G. Lindstrom for Appellant. Harlan G. Palmer, Sr., Guy S. Pratt, O’Melveny & Myers, Louis W. Myers […]

People v. Valentine , 28 Cal.2d 121 [Crim. No. 4601. In Bank. Apr. 30, 1946.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. JOHN VALENTINE, Appellant. COUNSEL Marshall Denton, Jr., for Appellant in District Court of Appeal and Clyde C. Shoemaker for Appellant in Supreme Court. Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, and Frank Richards, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. […]

In re Porterfield , 28 Cal.2d 91 [Crim. No. 4555. In Bank. Apr. 30, 1946.] In re JAMES PORTERFIELD, on Habeas Corpus. COUNSEL Clarence E. Todd for Petitioner. Tobriner & Lazarus, Mathew O. Tobriner, P. H. McCarthy, Jr., F. Nason O’Hara, George G. Olshausen and Wayne M. Collins as Amici Curiae, on behalf of Petitioner. […]

Empire Star Mines Co. v. Cal. Emp. Com. , 28 Cal.2d 33 [Sac. No. 5680. In Bank. Apr. 23, 1946.] EMPIRE STAR MINES COMPANY, LIMITED (a Corporation), Respondent, v. CALIFORNIA EMPLOYMENT COMMISSION, Appellant. COUNSEL Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, and Clarence A. Linn and Doris H. Maier, Deputies Attorney General, for Appellant. Robert M. Searls […]

Briggs v. California Emp. Com. , 28 Cal.2d 50 [L. A. No. 19030. In Bank. Apr. 23, 1946.] L. D. BRIGGS, Respondent, v. CALIFORNIA EMPLOYMENT COMMISSION, Appellant. COUNSEL Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, and Clarence A. Linn and Doris H. Maier, Deputies Attorney General, for Appellant. Gray, Cary, Ames & Driscoll, Ward W. Waddell, Jr., […]