Category: 1948

Moore v. Fellner , 50 Cal.2d 330 [L. A. No. 24895. In Bank. May 20, 1958.] PRENTISS MOORE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. LEOPOLD FELLNER et al., Defendants and Appellants. COUNSEL George Bouchard for Plaintiff and Appellant. Sidney Dorfman for Defendants and Appellants. OPINION SCHAUER, J. From a judgment for $12,825 in plaintiff’s favor in his […]

People v. Walker , 33 Cal.2d 250 [Crim. No. 4833. In Bank. Dec. 29, 1948.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. ERWIN M. WALKER, Appellant. COUNSEL Hindin, Weiss & Girard, Fred Girard and Morris Lavine for Appellant. Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, and Frank Richards, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION CARTER, J. A rehearing was granted […]

Fuller v. White , 33 Cal.2d 236 [S. F. No. 17772. In Bank. Dec. 28, 1948.] J. L. FULLER, Appellant, v. LaNOR CATHERINE WHITE, as Administratrix, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Gregory, Hunt, Melvin & Faulkner and Melvin, Faulkner, Sheehan & Wiseman for Appellant. John K. Hagopian for Respondent. OPINION SCHAUER, J. Plaintiff appeals from an adverse […]

Hallinan v. State Bar , 33 Cal.2d 246 [S. F. No. 17782. In Bank. Dec. 28, 1948.] VINCENT HALLINAN, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL Hallinan, MacInnis & Zamloch and James Martin MacInnis for Petitioner. Jerold E. Weil for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. The Board of Governors of the State Bar recommended […]

Henry v. General Forming, Ltd. , 33 Cal.2d 223 [L. A. No. 20724. In Bank. Dec. 28, 1948.] JOHN M. HENRY, Respondent, v. GENERAL FORMING, LTD. (a Corporation) et al., Defendants; CHARLIE MARSALISI, Third Party Claimant and Appellant. COUNSEL Third party claim proceeding. Judgment against claimant reversed. John L. Bisher, Jr., and S. L. Kurland […]

GELFAND v. O’HAVER , 33 Cal.2d 218 [L. A. No. 20271. In Bank. Dec. 23, 1948.] DR. LEO GELFAND et al., Respondents, v. CHARLES H. O’HAVER et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Charles H. O’Haver, in pro. per., and Charles W. Wolfe for Appellants. Hortense Stahl for Respondents. OPINION CARTER, J. Plaintiffs obtained an injunction restraining defendants […]

Aynes v. Winans , 33 Cal.2d 206 [L. A. No. 20688. In Bank. Dec. 17, 1948.] WESLEY GORDON AYNES, Respondent, v. WALTER S. WINANS et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Charles H. Goebel, Leroy L. Donkin and Raymond G. Stanbury for Appellants. Stewart & Stewart and Arthur T. Stewart for Respondent. OPINION SPENCE, J. Plaintiff brought this […]

Estate of Ferrall , 33 Cal.2d 202 [L. A. No. 20562. In Bank. Dec. 15, 1948.] Estate of JOHN C. FERRALL, Deceased. ALEX C. HAMILTON, as Guardian, etc., Respondent, v. BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION et al., as Cotrustees, etc., Appellants. COUNSEL Earle M. Daniels, Burdette J. Daniels and Hallam Mathews for […]

Devens v. Goldberg , 33 Cal.2d 173 [S. F. No. 17735. In Bank. Dec. 7, 1948.] KATHERINE DEVENS, Appellant, v. JOSEPH GOLDBERG, Respondent. [33 Cal.2d 175] COUNSEL Melvin M. Belli, Henry G. Sanford, Van H. Pinney and Lou Ashe for Appellant. George C. Faulkner, R. Edward Burton and Wilkie C. Courter for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, […]

Horacek v. Smith , 33 Cal.2d 186 [S. F. No. 17743. In Bank. Dec. 7, 1948.] JOSEPHINE HORACEK, Respondent, v. VICTOR B. SMITH et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Freed & Freed, Eli Freed, Freed, Gebauer & Freed and William F. Cleary for Appellants. E. C. Mahoney for Respondent. OPINION EDMONDS, J. In 1928, Josephine Horacek was […]

Webber v. Webber , 33 Cal.2d 153 [L. A. No. 20219. In Bank. Dec. 3, 1948.] MERTELLE A. WEBBER, Appellant, v. LE ROY WEBBER, Respondent. COUNSEL Marshall Stimson, Noel Edwards and Charles Murstein for Appellant. Stanley M. Evans and J. J. Hughes for Respondent. OPINION SPENCE, J. Plaintiff commenced this action for divorce on the […]

LaPorte v. Houston , 33 Cal.2d 167 [L. A. No. 20605. In Bank. Dec. 3, 1948.] C. C. LaPORTE, Appellant, v. JACK U. HOUSTON et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Charles W. Wolfe for Appellant. Walhford Jacobson for Respondents. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. This appeal was taken by plaintiff from a judgment based on a verdict in favor […]

Palmer v. City of Long Beach , 33 Cal.2d 134 [L. A. No. 20583. In Bank. Nov. 26, 1948.] SARAH J. PALMER, Respondent, v. CITY OF LONG BEACH, Appellant. COUNSEL Irving M. Smith, City Attorney, Clifford E. Hayes and Dewey L. Strickler, Deputy City Attorneys, for Appellant. A. J. O’Connor, George J. Hider and James […]

Mantonya v. Bratlie , 33 Cal.2d 120 [L. A. No. 20649. In Bank. Nov. 23, 1948.] ALFRED W. MANTONYA, Respondent, v. JOHN LOUIS BRATLIE et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Wallace P. Rouse and William F. Adams for Appellants. Shaw & Roberts for Respondent. OPINION SCHAUER, J. Defendants appeal from a judgment entered pursuant to a jury […]

Wilson v. Wilson , 33 Cal.2d 107 [S. F. No. 17665. In Bank. Nov. 19, 1948.] BARBARA WILSON, Respondent, v. FRANCIS A. WILSON, Appellant. COUNSEL A. B. Dunne, Dunne & Dunne and R. Mitchell S. Boyd for Appellant. Hallinan, MacInnis & Zamloch and James Martin MacInnis for Respondent. OPINION SCHAUER, J. This is an appeal […]

Sjoberg v. Hastorf , 33 Cal.2d 116 [S. F. No. 17746. In Bank. Nov. 19, 1948.] CARL SJOBERG et al., Respondents, v. H. C. HASTORF et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Hadsell, Sweet & Ingalls and Sydney P. Murman for Appellants. Cosgriff, Carr, McClellan & Ingersoll and Luther M. Carr for Respondents. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. Plaintiffs and […]

Calvert v. Stoner , 33 Cal.2d 97 [L. A. No. 20280. In Bank. Nov. 19, 1948.] MAUD SARAH AMY CALVERT et al., Appellants, v. SAMUEL C. STONER et al., Respondents. [L. A. No. 20281. In Bank. Nov. 19, 1948.] SAMUEL C. STONER et al., Respondents, v. MAUD SARAH AMY CALVERT et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Avery […]

Liberty Mutual Ins. Co. v. Industrial Acc. Com. , 33 Cal.2d 89 [S. F. No. 17737. In Bank. Nov. 17, 1948.] LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION and JOE SERAFIN, Respondents. COUNSEL Leonard, Hanna & Brophy and E. D. Leonard for Petitioner. T. Groezinger and John A. Rowe, Jr., for Respondents. OPINION […]

King v. Smith , 33 Cal.2d 71 [L. A. No. 20455. In Bank. Nov. 16, 1948.] CHARLES S. KING Appellant, v. J. S. SMITH et al., Defendants; JOHN CAWOG et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Lyman A. Garber for Appellant. Oliver O. Clark, Robert A. Smith, Hugo A. Steinmeyer, G. L. Berrey and Geo. L. Beckwith for […]

In re DeSilva , 33 Cal.2d 76 [Crim. No. 4909. In Bank. Nov. 16, 1948.] In re JOSEPH T. DeSILVA on Habeas Corpus. COUNSEL Alexander H. Schullman and Clarence E. Todd for Petitioner. Carroll, Davis & Freidenrich, Robert W. Gilbert and Allan L. Sapiro, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner. W. E. Simpson, District […]

People v. Machabie , 33 Cal.2d 67 [Crim. No. 4934. In Bank. Nov. 5, 1948.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. MITCHELL MACHABIE et al., Defendants; WILLIAM O. REED, Appellant. COUNSEL Crispus A. Wright for Appellant. Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, John F. Hassler, Deputy Attorney General, Wm. E. Simpson, District Attorney, and Jere J. Sullivan, Deputy […]

Hughes v. Superior Court , 32 Cal.2d 850 [S. F. No. 17685. In Bank. Nov. 1, 1948.] JOHN HUGHES et al., Petitioners, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, Respondent; LUCKY STORES, INCORPORATED, Real Party in Interest. COUNSEL Edises, Treuhaft & Condon and Robert L. Condon for Petitioners. Allan Brotsky, Benjamin Dreyfus, J. Bruce Fratis, […]

People v. Cornett , 33 Cal.2d 33 [Crim. No. 4864. In Bank. Nov. 1, 1948.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. REBEL B. CORNETT, Appellant. COUNSEL Edward M. Raskin, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Appellant. Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, and Frank Richards, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. Defendant was charged with […]

Northrop Aircraft v. Cal. Emp. etc. Com. , 32 Cal.2d 872 [L. A. No. 20298. In Bank. Nov. 1, 1948.] NORTHROP AIRCRAFT, INC., Respondent, v. CALIFORNIA EMPLOYMENT STABILIZATION COMMISSION, Appellant. COUNSEL Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, and ChaS.W. Johnson, Deputy Attorney General, for Appellant. O’Melveny & Myers, Louis W. Myers, Pierce Works and Maynard J. […]

People v. Hardy , 33 Cal.2d 52 [Crim. No. 4898. In Bank. Nov. 1, 1948.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. LOIS HUNT HARDY, Appellant. COUNSEL Lynne Kelly for Appellant. Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, and Doris H. Maier, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. Lois and Joe Hardy, her husband, were charged by information […]