Category: 1948

People v. Hamilton , 33 Cal.2d 45 [Crim. No. 4881. In Bank. Nov. 1, 1948.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. JOSEPH ROY HAMILTON et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Milton Stansky and Kenneth Carlton Zwerin for Appellants. Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn and Leo T. Englert, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent. OPINION EDMONDS, J. Joseph […]

Weaver v. Pasadena Tournament of Roses , 32 Cal.2d 833 [L. A. No. 20623. In Bank. Oct. 28, 1948.] CLAUDE WEAVER et al., Appellants, v. PASADENA TOURNAMENT OF ROSES ASSOCIATION et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Hahn, Ross, Goldstone & Saunders and Nathan Kline for Appellants. [32 Cal.2d 835] O’Melveny & Myers, Pierce Works, Deane F. Johnson, […]

In re Byrnes , 32 Cal.2d 843 [Crim. No. 4932. In Bank. Oct. 28, 1948.] In re FREDERICK JOHN BYRNES, on Habeas Corpus. COUNSEL Frederick John Byrnes, in pro. per., for Petitioner. Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, and Clarence A. Linn, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION SPENCE, J. Petitioner, who is confined in the […]

People v. Lopez , 32 Cal.2d 673 [Crim. No. 4856. In Bank. Sept. 29, 1948.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. ANTONIO LOPEZ, Appellant. COUNSEL William J. Currer, Jr., for Appellant. Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, and Howard S. Goldin, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. Defendant, having been convicted of assault with a deadly […]

McElroy v. McElroy , 32 Cal.2d 828 [L. A. No. 20256. In Bank. Oct. 28, 1948.] ESTHER F. McELROY, Respondent, v. BENJAMIN J. McELROY et al., Defendants; EMMA McELROY et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Brooks Gifford, Delmas R. Richmond, Frederick G. Stoehr and Robert J. Johnston for Appellants. Herbert Gall and Edward Fitzpatrick for Respondent. OPINION […]

People v. Tuthill , 32 Cal.2d 819 [Crim. Nos. 4807, 4893. In Bank. Oct. 19, 1948.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. MARVIN JAMES TUTHILL, Appellant. COUNSEL R. T. Sullivan, Jr., Paul E. Sloane and R. A. Sikes for Appellant. Fred N. Howser, Attorney General and Walter L. Bowers, Assistant Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION SCHAUER, J. […]

Krog v. Krog , 32 Cal.2d 812 [L. A. Nos. 20320, 20402. In Bank. Oct. 19, 1948.] DARINKA KROG, Respondent, v. ROY KROG, Appellant. COUNSEL Gordon W. Levoy for Appellant. Hahn, Ross & Goldstone and E. L. Saunders for Respondent. OPINION SCHAUER, J. This is a motion by plaintiff-respondent to stay proceedings on two consolidated […]

Sampsell v. Superior Court , 32 Cal.2d 763 [L. A. No. 20369. In Bank. Oct. 1, 1948.] PAUL W. SAMPSELL, JR., Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent. COUNSEL McLaughlin, McGinley & Hanson and J. A. McLaughlin for Petitioner. Martin S. Ryan, Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel, and Douglas De Coster, Deputy […]

Barlow v. City Council of Inglewood , 32 Cal.2d 688 [L. A. No. 20016. In Bank. Oct. 1, 1948.] ROBERT BARLOW, Petitioner and Appellant, v. CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF INGLEWOOD et al., Defendants and Appellants. COUNSEL Ernest A. Oswald for Petitioner and Appellant. Clyde Woodworth and John F. Bender for Defendants and Appellants. […]

Perez v. Sharp , 32 Cal.2d 711[L. A. No. 20305. In Bank. Oct. 1, 1948.] ANDREA D. PEREZ et al., Petitioners, v. W. G. SHARP, as County Clerk, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Daniel G. Marshall for Petitioners. Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel (Los Angeles), and Charles C. Stanley, Jr., Deputy County Counsel, for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, […]

Gregory v. State of California , 32 Cal.2d 700 [L. A. No. 20294. In Bank. Oct. 1, 1948.] A. GREGORY, Respondent, v. THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Appellant. COUNSEL James W. Hickey, Inheritance Tax Attorney, and J. Gould, Assistant Inheritance Tax Attorney, for Appellant. Surr & Hellyer for Respondent. OPINION CARTER, J. In 1943 plaintiff filed […]

Brewer v. Second Baptist Church , 32 Cal.2d 791 [L. A. No. 20585. In Bank. Oct. 1, 1948.] REVEREND A. L. BREWER et al., Respondents, v. SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH OF LOS ANGELES (a Religious Corporation) et al., Defendants; REVEREND J. RAYMOND HENDERSON et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Jerry Giesler, Meyer M. Willner and Thomas L. Griffith, […]

People v. Wallin , 32 Cal.2d 803 [Crim. No. 4876. In Bank. Oct. 1, 1948.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. MORTON WALLIN, Appellant. COUNSEL Goldstein, Barceloux & Goldstein, J. Oscar Goldstein, Jack J. Miller and Miller & Kroloff for Appellant. Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, Leonard M. Friedman, Deputy Attorney General, and Chester E. Watson, District […]

Nichols v. Mitchell , 32 Cal.2d 598 [L. A. No. 19962. In Bank. Sept. 23, 1948.] CHAS. L. NICHOLS, Respondent, v. JOHN S. MITCHELL et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Chase, Rotchford, Downen & Chase and Ransom W. Chase for Appellants. William R. Law, George Acret and Julius V. Patrosso for Respondent. OPINION SPENCE, J. Plaintiff brought […]

Tyra v. Board of Police etc. Commrs. , 32 Cal.2d 666 [L. A. No. 20603. In Bank. Sept. 29, 1948.] JOSEPH W. TYRA, Appellant, v. BOARD OF POLICE AND FIRE PENSION COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF LONG BEACH et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Kenneth Sperry for Appellant. Irving M. Smith, City Attorney, Nowland M. Reid, Assistant […]

People v. Klor , 32 Cal.2d 658 [Crim. No. 4802. In Bank. Sept. 28, 1948.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. DAVID KLOR, Appellant. COUNSEL Morris Lavine for Appellant. Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, and Henry A. Dietz, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION SHENK, J. The defendant was charged with the crime of assault with a […]

Wolfsen v. Hathaway , 32 Cal.2d 632 [Sac. No. 5849. In Bank. Sept. 28, 1948.] HENRY B. WOLFSEN et al., Respondents, v. W. L. HATHAWAY et al., Appellants. COUNSEL L. M. Linneman and Linneman & Burgess for Appellants. C. Ray Robinson and Margaret A. Flynn for Respondents. OPINION SPENCE, J. Plaintiffs brought this action to […]

Elbert, Ltd. v. Nolan , 32 Cal.2d 610 [L. A. No. 20051. In Bank. Sept. 23, 1948.] ELBERT, LTD. (a Corporation), Appellant, v. WHITFIELD P. NOLAN et al., Defendants; J. J. MISSLER et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Robt. E. Rosskopf, John F. Bender and G. Loshoncy for Appellant. Arthur V. Kaufman for Respondents. Marshall Stimson and […]

Metropolitan Water Dist. v. Adams , 32 Cal.2d 620 [L. A. No. 20508. In Bank. Sept. 23, 1948.] THE METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, Appellant, v. E. BENNETT ADAMS et al., Respondents. [L. A. No. 20509. In Bank. Sept. 23, 1948.] THE METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, Appellant, v. LAWRENCE HOLMES et al., […]

Townsend v. State Bar , 32 Cal.2d 592 [L. A. No. 20539. In Bank. Sept. 22, 1948.] CORWIN A. TOWNSEND, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL Corwin A. Townsend, in pro. per., for Petitioner. Arthur E. Schifferman and Jerold E. Weil for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. Corwin A. Townsend has brought before […]

King v. Stanley , 32 Cal.2d 584 [L. A. No. 20148. In Bank. Sept. 21, 1948.] JOHN W. KING et al., Respondents, v. MADELINE M. STANLEY, Appellant. COUNSEL Abraham Glicksberg and Marshall M. Malter for Appellant. M. Lewis Lehman for Respondents. OPINION SHENK, J. This is an appeal from a judgment directing specific performance of […]

Pearce v. Crocker , 32 Cal.2d 893 [L. A. No. 20491. In Bank. Sept. 15, 1948.] HAROLD M. PEARCE et al., Respondents, v. HARRY CROCKER et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Wm. G. Condron for Appellants. William H. Wilson for Respondents. OPINION OF THE COURT Memorandum THE COURT. The above-entitled cases, like Cumings v. Hokr (1948), 31 […]

Clayton v. Wilkins , 32 Cal.2d 895 [L. A. No. 20399. In Bank. Sept. 15, 1948.] FRANK F. CLAYTON et al., Respondents, v. MRS. A. M. WILKINS, SR. et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Gallagher, Margolis, McTernan & Tyre for Appellants. Ray C. Eberhard and Elisabeth Eberhard Zeigler for Respondents. OPINION OF THE COURT Memorandum THE COURT. […]

Morin v. Crane , 32 Cal.2d 896 [L. A. No. 20376. In Bank. Sept. 15, 1948.] CORINNE MORIN et al., Appellants, v. CHARLES CRANE et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Kilpatrick & Robbins for Appellants. Loren Miller and Harold J. Sinclair for Respondents. OPINION OF THE COURT Memorandum THE COURT. This case, like Cumings v. Hokr (1948), […]

Williams v. Duffy , 32 Cal.2d 578 [S. F. No. 17792. In Bank. Sept. 15, 1948.] ETTA WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. CLINTON T. DUFFY, as Warden of the State Prison, etc., et al., Respondents. COUNSEL James A. Starritt for Appellant. Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, and Clarence A. Linn, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondents. OPINION SCHAUER, […]