Category: 1948

In re Norcutt , 31 Cal.2d 743 [Crim. No. 4839. In Bank. Apr. 29, 1948.] In re JACK NORCUTT, on Habeas Corpus. COUNSEL Jack Norcutt, in pro. per., and Peter Mannino, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Petitioner. Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn and Ruth Bernfeld, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent. […]

Modern Barber Col. v. Cal. Employment Stab. Com. , 31 Cal.2d 720 [S. F. No. 17507. In Bank. Apr. 29, 1948.] MODERN BARBER COLLEGES, INC. (a Corporation), Appellant, v. CALIFORNIA EMPLOYMENT STABILIZATION COMMISSION et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Ralph Robinson for Appellant. Robert W. Kenny, Fred N. Howser, Attorneys General, Clarence A. Linn, Doris H. Maier […]

Heesy v. Vaughn , 31 Cal.2d 701 [L. A. No. 20368. In Bank. Apr. 28, 1948.] MARY HEESY, Appellant, v. RICHARD E. VAUGHN et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Cantillon & Glover for Appellant. Albert G. Bergman for Respondents. OPINION SPENCE, J. Plaintiff appeals from a judgment denying her claims for relief as correlated with her three […]

Owings v. Industrial Acc. Com. , 31 Cal.2d 689 [S. F. No. 17554. In Bank. Apr. 23, 1948.] JACK OWINGS, Petitioner, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION et al., Respondents. COUNSEL George Olshausen and John K. Hagopian for Petitioner. Everett A. Corten, R. C. McKellips, Dan Murphy, Jr., T. Groezinger, Keith, Creede & Sedgwick and Frank J. […]

In re Tedford , 31 Cal.2d 693 [Crim. No. 4784. In Bank. Apr. 23, 1948.] In re ROBERT TEDFORD, on Habeas Corpus. COUNSEL James A. Toner, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Petitioner. Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, and Clarence A. Linn, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION EDMONDS, J. Robert Tedford is endeavoring […]

Hall v. Chamberlain , 31 Cal.2d 673 [L. A. No. 20145. In Bank. Apr. 23, 1948.] B. P. HALL et al., Respondents, v. HENRY CHAMBERLAIN et al., Appellants. COUNSEL M. Arthur Waite, District Attorney, Julien G. Hathaway, Deputy District Attorney, Edward C. Maxwell and William T. Selby for Appellants. Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, and […]

Coumas v. Superior Court , 31 Cal.2d 682 [Sac. No. 5910. In Bank. Apr. 23, 1948.] TOM COUMAS, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY, Respondent; THE PEOPLE, Intervener. COUNSEL Anthony J. Chargin, Public Defender, and Stanley P. Mamalakis for Petitioner. Frederick L. Feldon, County Counsel, for Respondent. Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, […]

People v. Doty , 31 Cal.2d 696 [Crim. No. 4835. In Bank. Apr. 23, 1948.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. KENNETH I. DOTY et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Paul E. Tapley and E. W. Miller for Appellants. Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, and Gilbert F. Nelson, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION SCHAUER, J. Defendants Doty and […]

Estate of Reade , 31 Cal.2d 669 [S. F. No. 17403. In Bank. Apr. 13, 1948.] Estate of JAMES E. READE, Deceased. DOROTHY QUEIROLO, Respondent, v. OLIVE HELEN RUHLAND, Individually and as Administratrix, etc., Appellant. COUNSEL Lawrence A. Cowen and Herbert Chamberlin for Appellant. J. E. Hood for Respondent. OPINION SHENK, J. Appeals from an […]

Sherman v. Quinn , 31 Cal.2d 661 [L. A. No. 20218. In Bank. Apr. 3, 1948.] ARTHUR W. SHERMAN et al., Appellants, v. JOHN R. QUINN, as County Tax Assessor, etc., et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Zuckerman & Edmunds, Edward K. Zuckerman, Arthur E. Edmunds and William E. James for Appellants. Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel, […]

Eisley v. Mohan , 31 Cal.2d 637 [S. F. No. 17534. In Bank. Apr. 3, 1948.] CHARLES H. EISLEY et al., Petitioners, v. LOU P. MOHAN, as County Assessor, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL John A. Sinclair and Warren H. Atherton for Petitioners. J. R. Klawans and Orville Pratt, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Fred […]

Dept. Veterans Affairs v. Bd. of Supervisors , 31 Cal.2d 657 [S. F. No. 17535. In Bank. Apr. 3, 1948.] DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA (a Public Corporation), Petitioner, v. THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL John A. Sinclair and Warren H. Atherton for Petitioner. […]

Hunt v. Mayor & Council of Riverside , 31 Cal.2d 619 [L. A. No. 20430. In Bank. Apr. 2, 1948.] ROY C. HUNT et al., Petitioners, v. MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Best, Best, Gabbert & Krieger for Petitioners. Miguel Estudillo, City Attorney, and Albert H. Ford, Deputy […]

People v. Stein , 31 Cal.2d 630 [Crim. No. 4836. In Bank. Apr. 2, 1948.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. BERNARD STEIN et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Morris Lavine for Appellants. Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, Frank Richards, Deputy Attorney General, William E. Simpson, District Attorney, and Jere Sullivan, Deputy District Attorney, for Respondent. OPINION SCHAUER, J. […]

Adoption of Parker , 31 Cal.2d 608 [S. F. No. 17453. In Bank. Apr. 1, 1948.] Adoption of ROBERT JAMES PARKER, a Minor. BERTHA ANDERSON, Appellant, v. VIRGINIA E. PAIGE et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Schofield & Hanson, Allison E. Schofield and Raymond L. Hanson for Appellant. Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, and Clarence A. Linn, […]

Estate of Knutzen , 31 Cal.2d 573 [Sac. No. 5688. In Bank. Mar. 31, 1948.] Estate of ALFRED CARL KNUTZEN, Deceased. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Appellant, v. THEODORE J. KNUTZEN, as Administrator, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Herbert Wechsler, John F. Sonnett, David L. Bazelon, Assistant Attorneys General of the United States, Harry LeRoy Jones, Wallace H. […]

Vaughn v. Jonas , 31 Cal.2d 586 [S. F. No. 17618. In Bank. Mar. 31, 1948.] JOHN J. VAUGHN, Respondent, v. WILLIAM JONAS, Appellant. COUNSEL W. H. Morrissey and John J. Taheny for Appellant. F. E. Hoffman for Respondent. OPINION SCHAUER, J. Defendant, avowedly in self-defense, shot and severely wounded plaintiff. Thereafter, having partially recovered […]

Estate of Bevilacqua , 31 Cal.2d 580 [S. F. No. 17058. In Bank. Mar. 31, 1948.] Estate of IGNAZIO BEVILACQUA, Deceased. PIETRO BEVILACQUA, Appellant, v. PHIL C. KATZ, as Public Administrator, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Charles Baer for Appellant. Robert W. Kenny, Attorney General, and Everett W. Mattoon, Deputy Attorney General, as Amici Curiae on behalf […]

Estate of Smith , 31 Cal.2d 563 [L. A. No. 20031. In Bank. Mar. 30, 1948.] Estate of KATHERINE ALLEN SMITH, Deceased. PETER GROSS et al., Appellants, v. ERNEST E. JONES et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Louis Thomsen for Appellants. Schweitzer & Schweitzer for Respondents. OPINION SHENK, J. This is an appeal by contestants from a […]

Independent etc. Party v. County Clerks , 31 Cal.2d 549 [S. F. No. 17721. In Bank. Mar. 23, 1948.] INDEPENDENT PROGRESSIVE PARTY, Petitioner, v. COUNTY CLERKS et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Gladstein, Andersen, Resner & Sawyer and Norman Leonard for Petitioner. Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, T. A. Westphal, Jr., and Clarence A. Linn, Deputy Attorneys […]

People v. Slobodion , 31 Cal.2d 555 [Crim. No. 4857. In Bank. Mar. 23, 1948.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. JOHN SLOBODION, Appellant. COUNSEL William H. Quinn for Appellant. Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, David K. Lener, Deputy Attorney General, Ralph E. Hoyt, District Attorney (Alameda County), and Frank D. Parker, Deputy District Attorney, for Respondent. […]

Steen v. City of Los Angeles , 31 Cal.2d 542 [L. A. No. 20025. In Bank. Mar. 23, 1948.] OTTO A. STEEN, Appellant, v. THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Cryer & Jones, George E. Cryer and R. Alston Jones for Appellant. Ray L. Chesebro, City Attorney, Bourke Jones, Assistant City Attorney, […]

Sacks v. Superior Court , 31 Cal.2d 537 [L. A. No. 20409. In Bank. Mar. 12, 1948.] ALLIE WALTERS SACKS, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Bodkin, Breslin & Luddy and S.V.O. Prichard for Petitioner. Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel, Wm. E. Lamoreau, Deputy County Counsel, R. R. […]

Benjamin v. Dalmo Mfg. Co. , 31 Cal.2d 523 [S. F. No. 17606. In Bank. Mar. 9, 1948.] DAVID M. BENJAMIN et al., Appellants, v. DALMO MANUFACTURING CO. (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL Wolff & Wolff and Norman Sanford Wolff for Appellants. Hilary H. Crawford, Walter Slack and H. W. Glensor for Respondent. OPINION SPENCE, J. […]

Estate of Fleming , 31 Cal.2d 514 [L. A. No. 20022. In Bank. Mar. 9, 1948.] Estate of HARVEY FLEMING, Deceased. THOMAS H. KUCHEL, as State Controller, etc., Appellant, v. FIRST NATIONAL TRUST & SAVINGS BANK OF SAN DIEGO, as Executor, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL James W. Hickey, Inheritance Tax Attorney, Donald R. Peck, Morton L. […]