Category: 1948

Palermo v. Stockton Theatres, Inc. , 32 Cal.2d 53 [Sac. No. 5758. In Bank. June 15, 1948.] EMIL PALERMO, Respondent, v. STOCKTON THEATRES, INC., Appellant. COUNSEL Freed & Freed, Eli Freed, Emmett F. Gebauer, William F. Cleary and Guy C. Calden for Appellant. Honey & Mayall, Forrest E. Macomber, A. B. Bianchi and Garrett H. […]

Palermo v. Stockton Theatres , 32 Cal.2d 889 [Sac. No. 5815. In Bank. June 15, 1948.] EMIL PALERMO, Respondent, v. STOCKTON THEATRES, INC., Appellant. COUNSEL Freed & Freed, Eli Freed, Emmett F. Gebauer, William F. Cleary and Guy C. Calden for Appellant. Honey & Mayall, Forrest E. Macomber, A. B. Bianchi and Garrett H. Elmore […]

Greenfield v. Mather , 32 Cal.2d 23 [S. F. No. 17343. In Bank. June 3, 1948.] EDNA GREENFIELD et al., as Administrators with the Will Annexed, etc., Plaintiffs, v. A. W. MATHER, Respondent; DOROTHY DEVORE MATHER et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Don Lake and James R. Jaffray for Appellants. Marcel E. Cerf, Robinson & Leland and […]

Jorgensen v. Jorgensen , 32 Cal.2d 13 [L. A. No. 20205. In Bank. May 28, 1948] BEBE JORGENSEN, Appellant, v. EARLE M. JORGENSEN, Respondent. COUNSEL Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp, Guy Knupp and Peery Price for Appellant. O’Melveny & Myers, Louis W. Myers and Pierce Works for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. The parties were married in […]

Phoenix Indem. Co. v. Industrial Acc. Com. , 31 Cal.2d 856 [Sac. No. 5908. In Bank. May 25, 1948.] PHOENIX INDEMNITY COMPANY, Petitioner, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION and VIRGINIA HAMILTON, Respondents. COUNSEL W. N. Mullen for Petitioner. T. Groezinger and John A. Rowe, Jr., for Respondents. OPINION EDMONDS, J. The Industrial Accident Commission awarded a […]

Douglas Aircraft Co. v. Industrial Acc. Com. , 31 Cal.2d 853 [L. A. No. 20415. In Bank. May 25, 1948.] DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT COMPANY, INC. (a Corporation), Petitioner, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION and MELVIN C. CHAFFEE, Respondents. COUNSEL Frederick E. Hines, John A. Dundas and Patrick H. Ford for Petitioner. T. Groezinger and John A. Rowe, […]

Wells Fargo Bk. etc. Co. v. Superior Court , 32 Cal.2d 1 [S. F. No. 17642. In Bank. May 25, 1948.] WELLS FARGO BANK & UNION TRUST CO., as Trustee, etc., Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF MARIN COUNTY, Respondent. COUNSEL Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, Casper W. Weinberger and A. J. Treat for Petitioner. […]

Estate of Golder , 31 Cal.2d 848 [S. F. No. 17521. In Bank. May 21, 1948.] Estate of WILLIAM HENRY GOLDER, Deceased. MARGARET B. GOLDER, Appellant, v. ALYSE V. GOLDER, Respondent. COUNSEL L. L. James and Carl E. Day for Appellant. J. Elwood Andresen for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. [1a] The sole question in this […]

Davis v. Carter , 31 Cal.2d 870 [L. A. No. 19696. In Bank. May 18, 1948.] EDYTHE G. DAVIS, Appellant, v. BENNY CARTER et al., Respondents; and other cases. (L. A. Nos. 19697, 19783, 19759.) COUNSEL Lecompte Davis, Alfred F. MacDonald, John F. Poole, E. H. Stayton, Joseph P. Guerin and Kenneth W. Kearney for […]

Cassell v. Hickerson , 31 Cal.2d 869 [L. A. No. 19685. In Bank. May 18, 1948.] FLORENCE H. CASSELL et al., Respondents, v. H. G. HICKERSON et al., Appellants. [L. A. No. 19523. In Bank. May 18, 1948.] HAZEL FAIRCHILD et al., Respondents, v. ROSS H. RAINES et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Lech T. Niemo and […]

In re Trombley , 31 Cal.2d 801 [Crim. No. 4799. In Bank. May 3, 1948.] In re WALTER TROMBLEY, on Habeas Corpus. COUNSEL Francis T. Cornish for Petitioner. Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, Herbert E. Wenig, Deputy Attorney General, Francis W. Collins, District Attorney, Douglas N. Quinlan, Deputy District Attorney, Harold J. Fisher, Leon E. […]

In re Laws , 31 Cal.2d 846 [Crim. No. 4698. In Bank. May 18, 1948.] In re HENRY LAWS et al., on Habeas Corpus. COUNSEL Katz, Gallagher, Margolis, John T. McTernan and Charles J. Katz for Petitioners. Daniel G. Marshall and Morris E. Cohn, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Fred N. Howser, District […]

Cumings v. Hokr , 31 Cal.2d 844 [L. A. No. 19588. In Bank. May 18, 1948.] EARL C. CUMINGS et al., Plaintiffs; PAUL S. TRAUTMAN et al., Respondents, v. FRANK HOKR et al., Defendants; ANNE O’FERRALL et al., Appellants; and six other consolidated cases. (L. A. Nos. 19589-19594.) COUNSEL Loren Miller for Appellants. Robert W. […]

People v. Federal Land Bank , 31 Cal.2d 871 [L. A. No. 19942. In Bank. May 18, 1948.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. THE FEDERAL LAND BANK OF BERKELEY (a Corporation) et al., Appellants. COUNSEL A. L. Wirin for Appellants. Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, Jack W. Hardy, Deputy Attorney General, and James Don Keller, District […]

People v. Fugita , 31 Cal.2d 872 [S. F. No. 17589. In Bank. May 18, 1948.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. SOGATARO FUGITA et al., Appellants. COUNSEL William E. Ferriter, James C. Purcell, G. L. Aynesworth and Ida M. Campbell for Appellants. Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, and Jack W. Hardy, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. […]

State Bar v. Turner , 31 Cal.2d 842 [S. F. No. 17595. In Bank. May 11, 1948.] THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Petitioner, v. WILLIAM EDWARD J. TURNER, Respondent. COUNSEL Jerold E. Weil for Petitioner. Maury & Harrington and George R. Maury for Respondent. [31 Cal.2d 843] OPINION THE COURT. In this proceeding, The State […]

Whitfield v. Jessup , 31 Cal.2d 826 [L. A. No. 20358. In Bank. May 6, 1948.] CLAUDE JENKINS WHITFIELD et al., Appellants, v. ROGER JESSUP et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Samuel A. Rosenthal for Appellants. Reed & Kirtland and Henry E. Kappler for Respondents. OPINION CARTER, J. Plaintiffs appeal from a judgment entered on an order […]

Aylward v. State Board etc. Examiners , 31 Cal.2d 833 [Sac. No. 5822. In Bank. May 6, 1948.] ALAN J. AYLWARD et al., Respondents, v. STATE BOARD OF CHIROPRACTIC EXAMINERS et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Robert W. Kenny and Fred N. Howser, Attorneys General, and J. Albert Hutchinson, Deputy Attorney General, for Appellants. Morris Lavine for […]

Sebrell v. Los Angeles Ry. Corp. , 31 Cal.2d 813 [L. A. No. 20433. In Bank. May 4, 1948.] ELIZABETH SEBRELL, Appellant, v. LOS ANGELES RAILWAY CORPORATION (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL Forrest A. Betts for Appellant. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and Sherman Welpton, Jr., for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. Plaintiff appeals from a judgment entered […]

Gallagher v. Municipal Court , 31 Cal.2d 784 [L. A. No. 20243. In Bank. May 3, 1948.] LEO GALLAGHER, Petitioner, v. MUNICIPAL COURT OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Katz, Gallagher & Margolis, Charles J. Katz, A. L. Wirin, Ben Margolis, Samuel W. Blum and Nathaniel Holtzman for Petitioner. Clore Warne, […]

In re Loew’s Inc. and Elmes , 31 Cal.2d 782 [L. A. No. 20217. In Bank. May 3, 1948.] In re Contract Between LOEW’S INCORPORATED (a Corporation), Appellant, and JOAN WINIFRED ELMES, a Minor, Respondent. COUNSEL Loeb & Loeb, David T. Sutton and Herman F. Selvin for Appellant. No appearance for Respondent. Max Radin and […]

Warner Bros. Pictures v. Brodel , 31 Cal.2d 766 [L. A. No. 19887. In Bank. May 3, 1948.] WARNER BROS. PICTURES, INC. (a Corporation), Appellant, v. JOAN BRODEL et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Freston & Files, Ralph E. Lewis and Gordon L. Files for Appellant. Oscar R. Cummins, Jennings & Belcher, Frank Belcher, Max Radin, Aaron […]

TROMBLEY v. JUSTICE’S COURT , 31 Cal.2d 868 [S. F. No. 17549. In Bank. May 3, 1948.] WALTER TROMBLEY, Petitioner, v. JUSTICE’S COURT OF TOWNSHIP FIFTEEN, COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Francis T. Cornish for Petitioner. Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, Herbert E. Wenig, Deputy Attorney General, Francis W. Collins, District Attorney, […]

Bagdasarian v. Gragnon , 31 Cal.2d 744 [S. F. No. 17392. In Bank. Apr. 30, 1948.] D. H. BAGDASARIAN, Appellant, v. P. G. GRAGNON et al., Respondents. COUNSEL W. M. Conley, Philip Conley, Matthew Conley, Conley, Conley & Conley and L. Kenneth Say for Appellant. Frank C. Lerrigo and Galen McKnight for Respondents. OPINION GIBSON, […]

Coborn v. Industrial Acc. Com. , 31 Cal.2d 713 [L. A. No. 20363. In Bank. Apr. 29, 1948.] BESSIE D. COBORN, Petitioner, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Haight, Trippet & Syvertson and Roy A. Gustafson for Petitioner. R. C. McKellips, John A. Rowe, Jr., T. Groezinger, Herlihy & Herlihy and K. A. […]