Category: 1948

Thompson v. Clarke , 32 Cal.2d 892 [L. A. No. 19578. In Bank. Sept. 15, 1948.] ALLAN H. THOMPSON et al., Respondents, v. ROLAND J. CLARKE et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Loren Miller for Appellants. Lindstrom & Bartlett for Respondents. OPINION OF THE COURT Memorandum THE COURT. The above-entitled cases, like Cumings v. Hokr (1948), 31 […]

Cavett v. Butler , 32 Cal.2d 894 [L. A. No. 20255. In Bank. Sept. 15, 1948.] WM. R. CAVETT et al., Respondents, v. RILEY BUTLER et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Cummins, Goodstein & Paltun for Appellants. Charles E. McGinnis Respondents. OPINION OF THE COURT Memorandum THE COURT. The above-entitled cases, like Cumings v. Hokr (1948), 31 […]

People v. Orcalles , 32 Cal.2d 562 [Crim. No. 4870. In Bank. Sept. 7, 1948.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. LOUIS ORCALLES, Appellant. COUNSEL Adon V. Panattoni and John H. Paine for Appellant. Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, and Doris H. Maier, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION SCHAUER, J. Defendant, Louis Orcalles, was charged with […]

Estate of Abila , 32 Cal.2d 559 [L. A. No. 20063. In Bank. Sept. 7, 1948.] Estate of JOSE MARIA ABILA, Deceased. EMELINA V. ABILA, Appellant, v. M. V. SPENDRUP, Respondent. COUNSEL Jesse Bach Porter for Appellant. MacDonald, Wallace, Cashin & Arrington and W. W. Wallace for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. Jose Maria Abila died […]

People v. Mehaffey , 32 Cal.2d 535 [Crim. No. 4884. In Bank. Sept. 3, 1948.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. ROBERT F. MEHAFFEY, Appellant. COUNSEL Richard J. Weller and James R. LeGallez for Appellant. Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, and Henry A. Dietz, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION SPENCE, J. Defendant was charged by information […]

Knapp v. Rose , 32 Cal.2d 530 [L. A. No. 20052. In Bank. Sept. 2, 1948.] JUNE KNAPP et al., Respondents, v. MAURICE ROSE et al., Appellants. COUNSEL A. J. Weiss, Alexander L. Oster and Marion P. Betty for Appellants. S. V. O. Prichard, Oliver O. Clark and Robert A. Smith for Respondents. OPINION EDMONDS, […]

Patton v. Patton , 32 Cal.2d 520 [S. F. No. 17399. In Bank. Sept. 1, 1948.] JOHN PATTON, Appellant, v. WILLIE PATTON, Respondent. COUNSEL Edmund J. Holl for Appellant. Fitz-Gerald Ames, Sr., Hugh B. Miller and John H. Lenz for Respondent. OPINION EDMONDS, J. Willie Patton is defending the suit of her husband for a […]

People v. Shorts , 32 Cal.2d 502 [Crim. Nos. 4803, 4900. In Bank. Aug. 31, 1948.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. ROBERT SHORTS, Appellant. COUNSEL C. Stephen Casalina and George W. Norris for Appellant. Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, and Clarence A. Linn, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION SCHAUER, J. [1] This case presents initially […]

Chelini v. Nieri , 32 Cal.2d 480 [S. F. No. 17718. In Bank. Aug. 30, 1948.] AUGUST CHELINI, Respondent, v. SILVIO NIERI, Appellant. COUNSEL J. W. Coleberd, R. A. Rapsey and Richard P. Lyons for Appellant. Melvin M. Belli, Jonathan H. Rowell, Laurenz Krueger and Howard E. Gawthrop for Respondent. OPINION SCHAUER, J. Defendant appeals […]

People v. Dabb , 32 Cal.2d 491 [Crim. Nos. 4847, 4848. In Bank. Aug. 30, 1948.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. JAMES DABB, JR. et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Walter L. Gordon, Jr., Philip S. Schutz and Alexander Oster for Appellants. Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, and James A. Doherty, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, […]

County of Mariposa v. Merced Irr. Dist. , 32 Cal.2d 467 [Sac. No. 5914. In Bank. Aug. 30, 1948.] COUNTY OF MARIPOSA, Petitioner, v. MERCED IRRIGATION DISTRICT et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Robert Owen Curran, District Attorney (Mariposa), Virgil M. Airola, District Attorney (Calaveras), T. R. Vilas, District Attorney (Tuolumne), John L. Nourse and Ross A. […]

County of Calaveras v. Oakdale Irrigation District , 32 Cal.2d 890 [Sac. No. 5915. In Bank. Aug. 30, 1948.] COUNTY OF CALAVERAS, Petitioner, v. OAKDALE IRRIGATION DISTRICT, Respondent. COUNSEL Robert Owen Curran, District Attorney (Mariposa), Virgil M. Airola, District Attorney (Calaveras), T. R. Vilas, District Attorney (Tuolumne), John L. Nourse and Ross A. Carkeet for […]

County of Tuolumne v. Oakdale Irrigation District , 32 Cal.2d 891 [Sac. No. 5916. In Bank. Aug. 30, 1948.] COUNTY OF TUOLUMNE, Petitioner, v. OAKDALE IRRIGATION DISTRICT, Respondent. COUNSEL Robert Owen Curran, District Attorney (Mariposa), Virgil M. Airola, District Attorney (Calaveras), T. R. Vilas, District Attorney (Tuolumne), John L. Nourse and Ross A. Carkeet for […]

In re Walker , 32 Cal.2d 488 [S. F. No. 17752. In Bank. Aug. 30, 1948.] In re CLAUDIA LOUISE WALKER for Disbarment of Attorneys-at-Law. COUNSEL No appearance for Petitioner. No appearance for Respondents. OPINION THE COURT. Claudia Louise Walker has filed an “Accusation for Disbarment” charging alleged unprofessional conduct against four attorneys-at-law. She seeks […]

Estate of Brady , 32 Cal.2d 478 [S. F. No. 17553. In Bank. Aug. 30, 1948.] Estate of EDWARD R. BRADY, Deceased. EMMA L. COBBY, Appellant, v. RUSSELL R. ADAMS et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Joseph A. Brown for Appellant. George M. Naus and Harold B. Lerner for Respondents. [32 Cal.2d 479] OPINION GIBSON, C.J. More […]

Vista Irr. Dist. v. Board of Supervisors , 32 Cal.2d 477 [L. A. No. 20540. In Bank. Aug. 30, 1948.] VISTA IRRIGATION DISTRICT, Petitioner, v. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL O’Melveny & Myers, James L. Beebe, Pierce Works, Jackson W. Chance and Howard J. Deards for Petitioner. James Don […]

Reed v. Simpson , 32 Cal.2d 444 [L. A. No. 20004. In Bank. Aug. 24, 1948.] HELEN L. REED et al., Appellants, v. ROBERT NATHAN SIMPSON et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Spray, Davis & Gould, Clarence G. Weisbrod and Malcolm Archbald for Appellants. Forrest A. Betts for Respondents. [32 Cal.2d 446] OPINION SPENCE, J. Plaintiffs, the […]

Sorensen v. Costa , 32 Cal.2d 453 [Sac. No. 5842. In Bank. Aug. 24, 1948.] ERNEST T. SORENSEN, Respondent, v. MANUEL COSTA, Appellant. COUNSEL Ernest C. Crowley for Appellant. Morse & Richards and Stanley C. Smallwood for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. Appellant, Manuel F. Costa, appeals from a judgment in favor of plaintiff and respondent, […]

Garrison v. Rourke , 32 Cal.2d 430 [Sac. No. 5956. In Bank. Aug. 20, 1948.] JOHN N. GARRISON, Respondent, v. JOHN D. ROURKE, Appellant. COUNSEL Frank E. Carleton for Appellant. Carr & Kennedy and Laurence J. Kennedy, Jr., for Respondent. OPINION SHENK, J. J. N. Garrison and John D. Rourke were opposing candidates for the […]

KNIGHT v. BD. ETC. EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT , 32 Cal.2d 400 [Sac. No. 5900. In Bank. Aug. 13, 1948.] T. FENTON KNIGHT, Petitioner, v. BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF THE STATE EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Fred B. Wood, Joseph L. Knowles and Bernard Czesla for Petitioner. Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, and Wilmer W. […]

County of L. A. v. Southern Cal. Tel. Co. , 32 Cal.2d 378 [L. A. No. 19311. In Bank. Aug. 13, 1948.] COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, Appellant, v. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TELEPHONE COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL J. H. O’Connor, Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel, S. V. O. Prichard, First Assistant County Counsel, A. Curtis Smith […]

Estate of Kessler , 32 Cal.2d 367 [L. A. No. 20413. In Bank. Aug. 10, 1948.] Estate of DOROTHY WALKER KESSLER, Deceased. C. M. LINTON, as Guardian Ad Litem, etc., Respondent, v. FRED WALKER et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Boller, Suttner & Boller and Thomas R. Suttner for Appellants. C. M. Linton, in pro. per., and […]

Estate of Buck , 32 Cal.2d 372 [Sac. No. 5790. In Bank. Aug. 10, 1948.] Estate of FRANK H. BUCK, Deceased. LEONARD W. BUCK, as Executor, etc., et al., Respondents, v. HELEN S. PETERSON, Appellant. COUNSEL Ira B. Langdon, George E. Frioux and M. Mitchell Bourquin for Appellant. Andrew F. Burke, Francis C. McInnis and […]

City & County of S. F. v. Kuchel , 32 Cal.2d 364 [S. F. No. 17711. In Bank. Aug. 6, 1948.] CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Petitioner, v. THOMAS H. KUCHEL, as State Controller, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL John J. O’Toole, City Attorney, and C. Wesley Davis, Deputy City Attorney, for Petitioner. Fred N. Howser, […]

Hollman v. Warren , 32 Cal.2d 351 [S. F. No. 17709. In Bank. Aug. 4, 1948.] EDITH B. HOLLMAN, Petitioner, v. EARL WARREN, as Governor, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Macklin Fleming and H. Ward Dawson, Jr., for Petitioner. Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, and E. G. Benard, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. John J. Dailey, as […]