Category: 1947

People v. Greer , 30 Cal.2d 589 [Crim. No. 4792. In Bank. Sept. 17, 1947.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. ALBERT R. GREER, Appellant. COUNSEL Morris Oppenheim for Appellant. Robert W. Kenny and Fred N. Howser, Attorneys General, Carl W. Wynkoop and Clarence A. Linn, Deputy Attorneys General, Edmund G. Brown, District Attorney, and Vincent J. […]

People v. Sanchez , 30 Cal.2d 560 [Crim. No. 4769. In Bank. Sept. 10, 1947.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. JOSE SANCHEZ SANCHEZ, Appellant. COUNSEL D. M. Campbell and D. M. McGahey for Appellant. Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, Henry A. Dietz and Frank Richards, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent. OPINION SCHAUER, J. On February 9, […]

ISLAND v. FIREMAN’S FUND INDEMNITY CO. , 30 Cal.2d 541 [S. F. No. 17393. In Bank. Sept. 8, 1947.] ISAAC ISLAND, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. FIREMAN’S FUND INDEMNITY COMPANY et al., Defendants and Appellants. COUNSEL James G. Quinn, Jr., and John J. Healy, Jr., for Plaintiff and Appellant. Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon and E. H. […]

Mazzera v. Wolf , 30 Cal.2d 531 [Sac. No. 5776. In Bank. Aug. 19, 1947.] HARRY A. MAZZERA, Appellant, v. ED WOLF et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Gumpert & Mazzera, Charles A. Zeller, J. Calvert Snyder and C. Ray Robinson for Appellant. O. C. Parkinson for Respondents. [30 Cal.2d 533] OPINION GIBSON, C.J. Plaintiff has appealed […]

People v. Barnes , 30 Cal.2d 524 [Crim. No. 4791. In Bank. Aug. 6, 1947.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. FRANCIS PAUL BARNES, Appellant. COUNSEL William B. Neely, Public Defender, for Appellant. Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, and Frank Richards, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. Defendant was found guilty on one count of […]

Palmtag v. Danielson , 30 Cal.2d 517 [S. F. No. 17443. In Bank. Aug. 5, 1947.] LEO PALMTAG, Respondent, v. CARL E. DANIELSON, Appellant. COUNSEL Nathan Frankel, Sloss & Turner, Sloss & Eliot and Frank H. Sloss for Appellant. Fitzgerald, Abbott & Beardsley and Franklin C. Stark for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. Plaintiff, a real […]

Hammond v. McArthur , 30 Cal.2d 512 [L. A. No. 19818. In Bank. Aug. 5, 1947.] HAROLD L. HAMMOND, as Administrator, etc., Appellant, v. ALBERTA JUNE McARTHUR, Respondent. COUNSEL Vincent Scott for Appellant. Donald J. Dunne for Respondent. OPINION EDMONDS, J. Nettie Rowley, a widow, and Alberta June McArthur, an unmarried woman, took title to […]

McCurdy v. Hatfield , 30 Cal.2d 492 [L. A. No. 20012. In Bank. July 31, 1947.] BESS McCURDY, Appellant, v. J. GORDON HATFIELD, Respondent. COUNSEL J. M. Clements for Appellant. Reed & Kirtland, Henry E. Kappler and Fred O. Reed for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. The sole question presented, on this appeal from a judgment […]

People v. Maxfield , 30 Cal.2d 485 [L. A. No. 19624. In Bank. July 31, 1947.] THE PEOPLE, Appellant, v. JAMES MAXFIELD, et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, E. G. Benard, Deputy Attorney General, Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel, and A. Curtis Smith, Deputy County Counsel, for Appellant. Kenneth W. Kearney for […]

Dodds v. Stellar , 30 Cal.2d 496 [L. A. No. 20067. In Bank. July 31, 1947.] HAROLD DODDS, Appellant, v. ROBERT WOODLEY STELLAR et al., Defendants; LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL Hahn, Ross & Phillip W. Silver for Appellant. Lyndol L. Young for Respondent. Leonard, Hanna & Brophy as Amicus Curi’, on […]

Mudd v. McColgan , 30 Cal.2d 463 [L. A. No. 19663. In Bank. July 15, 1947.] HARVEY S. MUDD, Appellant, v. CHAS. J. McCOLGAN, as Franchise Tax Commissioner, etc., Respondent. HARVEY S. MUDD, as Trustee, etc., Appellant, v. CHAS. J. McCOLGAN, as Franchise Tax Commissioner, etc., Respondent. MILDRED E. MUDD, Appellant, v. CHAS. J. McCOLGAN, […]

Edison California Stores v. McColgan , 30 Cal.2d 472 [L. A. Nos. 19603, 19604. In Bank. July 15, 1947.] EDISON CALIFORNIA STORES INC. (a Corporation), Respondent, v. CHAS J. McCOLGAN, as Franchise Tax Commissioner, etc., Appellant. (Two Cases.) COUNSEL Robert W. Kenny, Fred N. Howser, Attorneys General, John L. Nourse, Daniel N. Stevens and James […]

Freeman v. Churchill , 30 Cal.2d 453 [L. A. No. 20041. In Bank. July 11, 1947.] CARL J. FREEMAN et al., Appellants, v. DALE CHURCHILL et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Russell H. Pray, Pierson & Block, E. W. Sheridan, Henry F. Walker and D. W. Doddridge for Appellants. Parker, Stanbury & Reese, Raymond G. Stanbury, Spray, […]

Berniker v. Berniker , 30 Cal.2d 439 [L. A. No. 19779. In Bank. July 8, 1947.] NADINE BERNIKER, Respondent, v. BARNETT BERNIKER et al., Defendants; NATHAN BERNIKER, Appellant. COUNSEL Samuel Schekman, Walker, Meyers, Ingram & Moser and Hubert O. Butler, Jr., Appellant. William Christensen and Barry B. Stepsay for Respondent. OPINION SPENCE, J. By her […]

Allen v. Allen , 30 Cal.2d 433 [L. A. No. 19701. In Bank. July 3, 1947.] GERTRUDE ANN ALLEN, Respondent, v. GLEN V. ALLEN, Appellant. COUNSEL Arthur C. Fisher for Appellant. Leo K. Gold for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. Defendant appeals from an order denying his motion to vacate an order of the superior court […]

Watchtower B. & T. Soc. v. County of L. A. , 30 Cal.2d 426 [L. A. No. 20017. In Bank. July 1, 1947.] WATCHTOWER BIBLE AND TRACT SOCIETY, INC., Appellant, v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES et al., Respondents. COUNSEL A. L. Wirin, Fred Okrand and Hayden C. Covington for Appellant. Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel, […]

Christian v. California Bank , 30 Cal.2d 421 [L. A. No. 19997. In Bank. July 1, 1947.] G. G. CHRISTIAN, Appellant, v. CALIFORNIA BANK (a Corporation) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL A. W. Brunton for Appellant. Roane Thorpe, Swanwick, Donnelly & Proudfit and Donald O. Welton for Respondents. OPINION SHENK, J. Plaintiff appeals from a judgment […]

Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Industrial Acc. Com. , 30 Cal.2d 388 [S. F. No. 17417. In Bank. June 26, 1947.] AETNA CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Petitioners, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION and WILLIAM CHARLESWORTH, Respondents. [S. F. No. 17418. In Bank. June 26, 1947.] FIREMEN’S FUND INDEMNITY COMPANY (a Corporation) […]

Columbia Steel Company v. Industrial Accident Commission , 30 Cal.2d 919 [S. F. No. 17430. In Bank. June 26, 1947.] COLUMBIA STEEL COMPANY (a Corporation), Petitioner, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION and PAUL B. BARKER, Respondents. COUNSEL Walter Shelton and A. Terkel for Petitioner. R. C. McKellips and John A. Rowe, Jr., for Respondents. OPINION OF […]

Bethlehem Steel Company v. Industrial Accident Commission , 30 Cal.2d 920 [S. F. No. 17431. In Bank. June 26, 1947.] BETHLEHEM STEEL COMPANY (a Corporation), Petitioner, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION and CARL ZDECHLIK, Respondents. COUNSEL R. P. Wisecarver for Petitioner. R. C. McKellips and John A. Rowe, Jr., for Respondents. OPINION OF THE COURT Memorandum […]

Alder v. Drudis , 30 Cal.2d 372 [L. A. No. 19357. In Bank. June 26, 1947.] WM. F. ALDER et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. JOSE DRUDIS et al., Appellants; FREDERICK G. STOEHR et al., Cross- Defendants and Respondents. COUNSEL Marcus L. Roberts, in pro. per., Geo. W. Rochester, John W. Preston and John W. […]

People v. Slobodion , 30 Cal.2d 362 [Crim. No. 4783. In Bank. June 24, 1947.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. JOHN SLOBODION, Appellant. COUNSEL William H. Quinn, for Appellant, under appointment by the Supreme Court. Robert W. Kenny, Fred N. Howser, Attorneys General, Clarence A. Linn, Assistant Attorney General, and David K. Lener, Deputy Attorney General, […]

Estate of Wunderle , 30 Cal.2d 274 [L. A. No. 19710. In Bank. June 24, 1947.] Estate of KONSTANTIN WUNDERLE, Deceased. MARION DI PAULO, Appellant, v. FRED R. WITTMER et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Myer B. Marion and Eugene L. Wolver for Appellant. Krag & Sweet and David T. Sweet for Respondents. OPINION EDMONDS, J. Three […]

Trubowitch v. Riverbank Canning Co. , 30 Cal.2d 335 [Sac. No. 5725. In Bank. June 24, 1947.] VICTOR TRUBOWITCH et al., Appellants, v. RIVERBANK CANNING COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL Norman A. Eisner for Appellants. F. M. Brack for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. Plaintiffs instituted this proceeding in the superior court under section 1282 of […]

Guardianship of Jacobson , 30 Cal.2d 312 [L. A. No. 19527. In Bank. June 24, 1947.] Guardianship of the Person and Estate of PATRICIA LEE JACOBSON, a Minor. E. MAE McCALLOM, Respondent, v. PATRICIA LEE HORNADAY et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Baldwin Robertson and Earl Redwine for Appellants. George R. Maury, S. L. Kurland and Alfred […]