Category: 1948

McFadden v. Jordan , 32 Cal.2d 330 [S. F. No. 17775. In Bank. Aug. 3, 1948.] ARTHUR JAMES McFADDEN, Petitioner, v. FRANK M. JORDAN, as Secretary of State, etc., Respondent; WILLIS ALLEN et al., Interveners. COUNSEL Landels & Weigel, Stanley A. Weigel, Edward D. Landels, Tobriner & Lazarus, Mathew O. Tobriner and Samuel D. Thurman, […]

McEvoy v. American Pool Corp. , 32 Cal.2d 295 [L. A. No. 20464. In Bank. July 30, 1948.] MARY McEVOY, Appellant, v. AMERICAN POOL CORPORATION (a Corporation) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Richard K. Gandy, Robert G. Cockins and Mark E. O’Leary for Appellant. Reginald I. Bauder and Robert E. Ford for Respondents. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. […]

Roehm v. County of Orange , 32 Cal.2d 280 [L. A. No. 20171. In Bank. July 30, 1948.] E. L. ROEHM, Appellant, v. COUNTY OF ORANGE et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Head, Wellington & Jacobs, Arthur M. Bradley and Otto A. Jacobs for Appellant. Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, J. Albert Hutchinson, Deputy Attorney General, Irwin […]

Estate of Pierce , 32 Cal.2d 265 [L. A. No. 20156. In Bank. July 30, 1948.] Estate of EDWIN PIERCE, Deceased. HELEN PIERCE SONTHEIMER, as Trustee, etc., et al., Appellants, v. MARJORIE A. PIERCE, as Guardian, etc., et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Warner, Peracca & Magana, Wagener & Brailsford, James O. Warner, Henry N. Cowan, W. […]

Vickers v. State Bar , 32 Cal.2d 247 [L. A. No. 19218. In Bank. July 30, 1948.] CHARLES J. L. VICKERS, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL Morris Lavine for Petitioner. Fairfax Cosby and Jerold E. Weil for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. Upon the petition of Charles J. L. Vickers, this court […]

Moran v. Board of Medical Examiners , 32 Cal.2d 301 [L. A. Nos. 20514, 20515. In Bank. July 30, 1948.] JAMES A. MORAN, Petitioner and Appellant, v. BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA et al., Defendants and Appellants. COUNSEL Joseph Scott and Cuthbert J. Scott for Petitioner and Appellant. Fred N. Howser, […]

Henigson v. Bank of America , 32 Cal.2d 240 [L. A. No. 19964. In Bank. July 28, 1948.] HENRY HENIGSON, Appellant, v. BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST & SAVINGS ASSOCIATION (a Corporation) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Loeb & Loeb and Herman F. Selvin for Appellant. Roth & Brannen and Frank M. Gunter for Respondents. OPINION […]

Abrams v. American Fidelity & Cas. Co. , 32 Cal.2d 233 [L. A. No. 20495. In Bank. July 27, 1948.] PAUL ABRAMS, Respondent, v. AMERICAN FIDELITY & CASUALTY CO., Appellant. COUNSEL Reginald I. Bauder and Robert E. Ford for Appellant. Forrest A. Betts, Chase, Rotchford, Downen & Chase, Crider, Runkle & Tilson, Jones, Thompson & […]

Ratliff v. Lampton , 32 Cal.2d 226 [L. A. No. 20248. In Bank. July 23, 1948.] SIDNEY ARTHUR RATLIFF, Respondent, v. EDGAR E. LAMPTON, as Director of Motor Vehicles, etc., et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, and Wilmer W. Morse, Deputy Attorney General, for Appellants. Arthur C. Fisher for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, […]

Castle v. Schulman , 32 Cal.2d 222 [L. A. No. 20228. In Bank. July 13, 1948.] RICHARD CASTLE, Appellant, v. IRVING SCHULMAN, Respondent. COUNSEL Ernest A. Oswald for Appellant. Max Bergman and Leo Goodman for Respondent. OPINION SHENK, J. This is an appeal by the plaintiff from an order granting a new trial in an […]

Wellborn v. Wellborn , 32 Cal.2d 221 [L. A. No. 20035. In Bank. July 13, 1948.] NADA TRUSCOTT WELLBORN, Appellant, v. CHARLES WELLBORN, Respondent. COUNSEL W. S. Weatherwax and Lorrin Andrews for Appellant. Barry Sullivan and Harry V. Leppek for Respondent. [32 Cal.2d 222] OPINION CARTER, J. [1] This is an appeal from an order […]

Sullivan v. Wellborn , 32 Cal.2d 214 [L. A. No. 19996. In Bank. July 13, 1948.] BARRY SULLIVAN, Appellant, v. NADA TRUSCOTT WELLBORN, Respondent. COUNSEL Barry Sullivan, in pro. per., and Harry V. Leppek for Appellant. W. S. Weatherwax for Respondent. OPINION CARTER, J. The litigation culminating in the present controversy was commenced in 1939 […]

Lineman v. Schmid , 32 Cal.2d 204 [L. A. No. 20486. In Bank. July 9, 1948.] H. M. LINEMAN, as Executor, etc., Respondent, v. AUGUSTA SCHMID, as Administratrix, etc., et al., Appellants. COUNSEL W. W. Wallace for Appellants. H. M. Lineman, in pro. per., Mab Copland Lineman and Benjamin Lewis for Respondent. OPINION SHENK, J. […]

County of Alameda v. Kuchel , 32 Cal.2d 193 [S. F. No. 17708. In Bank. July 2, 1948.] COUNTY OF ALAMEDA, Petitioner, v. THOMAS H. KUCHEL, as State Controller, Respondent. COUNSEL J. F. Coakley, District Attorney, R. Robert Hunter, Assistant [32 Cal.2d 194] District Attorney, and Archie A. Smith, Deputy District Attorney, for Petitioner. Fred […]

Wilcox v. Berry , 32 Cal.2d 189 [Sac. No. 5903. In Bank. July 2, 1948.] E. H. WILCOX, Respondent, v. JESS G. BERRY et al., Defendants; VIOLET A. BERRY, Appellant. COUNSEL Van Dyke & Harris, Russell A. Harris and J. A. Montgomery for Appellant. Summer Mering for Respondent. OPINION EDMONDS, J. E. H. Wilcox sued […]

Kircher v. Atchison, T. & S. F. Railway Co. , 32 Cal.2d 176 [L. A. No. 20357. In Bank. July 1, 1948.] KENNETH E. KIRCHER, Respondent, v. THE ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL Robert W. Walker, William F. Brooks and Wallace L. Ware for Appellant. Max Fink, Jerry Rolston, […]

Stickel v. San Diego Elec. Ry. Co. , 32 Cal.2d 157 [L. A. No. 20312. In Bank. July 1, 1948.] HARRIS STICKEL, Respondent, v. SAN DIEGO ELECTRIC RAILWAY COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Huntington P. Bledsoe for Appellants. Edgar B. Hervey and Henry F. Walker for Respondent. [32 Cal.2d 161] OPINION SCHAUER, J. […]

Simons Brick Co. v. United etc. Workers , 32 Cal.2d 156 [L. A. No. 20046. In Bank. June 29, 1948.] SIMONS BRICK COMPANY, INCORPORATED (a Corporation), Respondent, v. UNITED BRICK, TILE AND CLAY WORKERS OF AMERICA (an Unincorporated Voluntary Association) et al., Defendants; LOS ANGELES BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL (an Unincorporated Association) et al., […]

O’BANION v. BORBA , 32 Cal.2d 145 [S. F. No. 17362. In Bank. June 28, 1948.] EMORY O’BANION et al., Respondents, v. A. A. BORBA et al., Appellants. COUNSEL C. Ray Robinson, Samuel V. Cornell and Margaret A. Flynn for Appellants. Linneman & Burgess and L. M. Linneman for Respondents. OPINION CARTER, J. Defendants appeal […]

Bacon v. Bacon , 32 Cal.2d 131 [L. A. No. 20053. In Bank. June 25, 1948.] JOSEPH C. BACON et al., Appellants, v. THOMAS P. BACON et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Siemon, Maas & Siemon, Alfred Siemon, Walter L. Maas, Jr., and Bennett Siemon for Appellants. Matt Wahrhaftig, McKee, Tasheira & Wahrhaftig and Kendall, Howell & […]

Gerry of California v. Superior Court , 32 Cal.2d 119 [L. A. No. 20494. In Bank. June 16, 1948.] GERRY OF CALIFORNIA (a Corporation), Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Knight, Gitelson & Ashton and Alfred Gitelson for Petitioner. David Sokol and John C. Stevenson for Respondents. OPINION […]

Empresa Siderurgica v. County of Merced , 32 Cal.2d 68 [Sac. No. 5893. In Bank. June 15, 1948.] EMPRESA SIDERURGICA, S.A. (a Corporation of Colombia, South America) et al., Respondents, v. COUNTY OF MERCED et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, James E. Sabine, Deputy Attorney General, and Frank C. Hale, District Attorney, […]

People v. Trujillo , 32 Cal.2d 105 [Crim. No. 4845. In Bank. June 15, 1948.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. JOSEPH TRUJILLO et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Gerald J. Kenny, Public Defender, William L. Ferdon, Deputy Public Defender, and Jos. G. Gallagher for Appellants. Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, and Miriam E. Wolff, Deputy Attorney General, for […]

People v. Williams , 32 Cal.2d 78 [Crim. No. 4844. In Bank. June 15, 1948.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. HENRY WILLIAMS et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Leslie C. Gillen and Joseph R. Deasy for Appellants. Morris Lavine as Amici Curiae on behalf of Appellants. Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Deputy Attorney General, J. […]

In re McCoy , 32 Cal.2d 73 [Crim. No. 4819. In Bank. June 15, 1948.] In re ALBERT WILLIE McCOY, on Habeas Corpus. COUNSEL John C. Henderson for Petitioner. Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Deputy Attorney General, Ralph E. Hoyt, District Attorney (Alameda), and Thomas J. Buckley, Deputy District Attorney, for Respondent. […]