Category: 1949

Mains v. City Title Insurance Co. , 34 Cal.2d 580 [S. F. No. 17984. In Bank. Dec. 28, 1949.] MARY E. MAINS, as Administratrix, etc., Respondent, v. CITY TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL Tobin & Tobin and Richard Raoul-Duval for Appellant. Roland Becsey and Joseph B. Bates for Respondent. [34 Cal.2d 582] OPINION […]

Edwards v. Freeman , 34 Cal.2d 589 [S. F. No. 17994. In Bank. Dec. 28, 1949.] ELONEY EDWARDS, Appellant, v. WILLIAM OTIS FREEMAN, Respondent. COUNSEL C. Ray Robinson, Margaret A. Flynn, James A. Cobey and Lucius Powers, Jr., for Appellant. Dearing, Jertberg & Avery for Respondent. OPINION SCHAUER, J. Plaintiff appeals from a judgment rendered […]

City of Grass Valley v. Walkinshaw , 34 Cal.2d 595 [S. F. No. 18028. In Bank. Dec. 28, 1949.] CITY OF GRASS VALLEY, Petitioner, v. J. L. WALKINSHAW, as City Auditor, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Kirkbride, Wilson, Harzfeld & Wallace for Petitioner. William J. Cassettari for Respondent. OPINION SHENK, J. In this proceeding the petitioner, city […]

Brown v. Superior Court , 34 Cal.2d 559 [L. A. No. 21008. In Bank. Dec. 28, 1949.] MAURICE C. BROWN, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent. COUNSEL Edmond Gattone for Petitioner. George I. Devor, Irving M. Walker and Mark Mullin for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. Petitioner secured an order from the […]

Estate of Dopkins , 34 Cal.2d 568 [S. F. No. 17734. In Bank. Dec. 28, 1949.] Estate of VIRGINIA ESTELLINE DOPKINS, Deceased. MAYE MacKECHNIE et al., Appellants, v. LYLE B. OLIVER, Respondent. COUNSEL Joe E. Greene and H. A. Savage for Appellants. Rae B. Carter, L. M. Linneman and Linneman & Burgess for Respondent. OPINION […]

Moore v. Belt , 34 Cal.2d 525 [L. A. No. 20994. In Bank. Dec. 16, 1949.] H. T. MOORE, Appellant, v. ELMER BELT, Respondent. COUNSEL E. Briggs Howarth and Walter R. Trinkaus for Appellant. Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Balthis as Amici Curiae on behalf of Appellant. Fulcher & Wynn, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and Phillip […]

Taylor v. George , 34 Cal.2d 552 [Sac. No. 5969. In Bank. Dec. 16, 1949.] MARY Z. TAYLOR, Appellant, v. MARJORIE GEORGE, as Executrix, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Mazzera, Snyder & DeMartini and J. Calvert Snyder for Appellant. O. C. Parkinson for Respondent. OPINION SHENK, J. This action was brought on a rejected claim against the […]

Sapp v. Barenfeld , 34 Cal.2d 515 [L. A. No. 20682. In Bank. Dec. 6, 1949.] DAVID M. SAPP et al., Appellants, v. ABRAHAM BARENFELD et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Laurence J. Rittenband and Leo Jay Ross for Appellants. Knight, Gitelson & Ashton and Alfred Gitelson for Respondents. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. On December 31, 1946, appellants […]

Industrial Indem. Co. v. Industrial Acc. Com. , 34 Cal.2d 500 [L. A. No. 20878. In Bank. Nov. 30, 1949.] INDUSTRIAL INDEMNITY COMPANY (a Corporation), Petitioner, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION, HAZEL PAULINE SPIDLE et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Herlihy & Herlihy and E. Hubert Herlihy for Petitioner. T. Groezinger and John A. Rowe, Jr., for Respondents. […]

People v. Letourneau , 34 Cal.2d 478 [Crim. No. 4961. In Bank. Nov. 29, 1949.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. ARMAND LETOURNEAU, Appellant. COUNSEL George T. Davis and Kenyon C. Keller for Appellant. Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, and Clarence A. Linn, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION SCHAUER, J. Defendant was charged with the murder […]

Ainsworth v. Bryant , 34 Cal.2d 465 [S. F. No. 17880. In Bank. Nov. 23, 1949.] WALTER AINSWORTH, Appellant, v. EDWARD F. BRYANT, as City and County Tax Collector, etc., et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Samuel W. Wicklow for Appellant. Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, J. Albert Hutchinson, Deputy Attorney General, E. R. Hoerchner, Chas. P. […]

People v. Behrmann , 34 Cal.2d 459 [Crim. No. 5004. In Bank. Nov. 22, 1949.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. PAUL R. BEHRMANN, Appellant. COUNSEL Morris Lavine, Owen A. Bartlett and Jack B. Tenney for Appellant. Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, James A. Doherty and William E. James, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent. OPINION SCHAUER, J. […]

Northwestern Pacific R. R. Co. v. Superior Ct. , 34 Cal.2d 454 [Sac. Nos. 6043, 6044. In Bank. Nov. 22, 1949.] NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY et al., Respondents; CITY OF EUREKA, Real Party in Interest. COUNSEL Huber & Goodwin, Robert L. Pierce, R. S. Myers and E. J. […]

People v. Smith , 34 Cal.2d 449 [Crim. No. 4998. In Bank. Nov. 18, 1949.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. WILLIAM CHARLES SMITH, Appellant. COUNSEL Wm. E. Ferriter and S. Lee Vavuris for Appellant. Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Deputy Attorney General, and A. E. Bagshaw, District Attorney, for Respondent. OPINION SHENK, J. […]

Odone v. Marzocchi , 34 Cal.2d 431 [S. F. No. 17674. In Bank. Nov. 15, 1949.] GIACOMO ODONE, Respondent, v. PETER MARZOCCHI, Appellant. COUNSEL McCarthy & Rowell and Julian D. Pardini for Appellant. Albert Picard and Alfred E. Graziani for Respondent. OPINION CARTER, J. Respondent husband brought this action to recover certain real and personal […]

Hannula v. Hacienda Homes , 34 Cal.2d 442 [S. F. No. 17747. In Bank. Nov. 15, 1949.] MARGERY LIVINGSTON HANNULA, Appellant, v. HACIENDA HOMES, INC. (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL Nathan G. Gray for Appellant. Breed, Robinson & Stewart and Edgar B. Stewart for Respondent. OPINION SHENK, J. This is an appeal from a judgment for […]

People v. Corrales , 34 Cal.2d 426 [Crim. No. 4999. In Bank. Nov. 4, 1949.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. VICTORIANO CORRALES, Appellant. COUNSEL Elvin F. Sheehy, Public Defender, for Appellant. Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, Doris H. Maier and C.J. Scott, Deputy Attorneys General, John Quincy Brown, District Attorney, and Albert H. Mundt, Chief Deputy […]

Kopasz v. Kopasz , 34 Cal.2d 423 [L. A. No. 21077. In Bank. Nov. 4, 1949.] EDITH LOUISE LAWRIE KOPASZ, Respondent, v. JOHN CHARLES KOPASZ, Appellant. COUNSEL Blanche & Fueller, John K. Blanche and Charles M. Fueller for Appellant. Louis Kaminar and Wm. U. Handy for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. Plaintiff has moved to stay […]

Estate of Garcia , 34 Cal.2d 419 [S. F. No. 17770. In Bank. Nov. 1, 1949.] Estate of THERESA GARCIA, Deceased. HENRY MARSHALL, Appellant, v. MARY ROGERS, as Administratrix, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Benjamin C. Mickle and A. B. Bianchi for Appellant. J. J. Henderson and Donald E. Wachhorst as Amici Curiae, on behalf of Appellant. […]

Estate of Dumas , 34 Cal.2d 406 [L. A. No. 20642. In Bank. Oct. 28, 1949.] Estate of NELLIE DUMAS, Deceased. MRS. J. H. MEHL et al., Respondents, v. KENNETH DUMAS et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Dunlap, Holmes, Ross & Woodson and Emrys J. Ross for Appellants. E. L. Searle for Respondents. OPINION CARTER, J. This […]

Almassy v. L. A. County Civil Service Com. , 34 Cal.2d 387 [L. A. No. 20478. In Bank. Oct. 25, 1949.] ALFRED G. ALMASSY, Appellant, v. LOS ANGELES COUNTY CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Harmel L. Pratt for Appellant. Culbert L. Olson and John W. Olson as Amici Curiae on behalf of Appellant. […]

Estate of Wise , 34 Cal.2d 376 [S. F. No. 17677. In Bank. Oct. 21, 1949.] Estate of IRA WISE, Deceased. JOHN E. LEWIS, as Administrator, etc., Appellant, v. FRED N. HOWSER, as State Attorney General, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Edward D. Mabson for Appellant. Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, in pro. per., Richard H. Perry […]

Estate of Teel , 34 Cal.2d 349 [L. A. No. 20596. In Bank. Sept. 30, 1949.] Estate of GRACE VIVIAN TEEL, Deceased. IRA McDOWELL TEEL, Respondent, v. ADELE ARBO, as Administratrix, etc., Appellant. COUNSEL Marion P. Betty for Appellant. Nixon A. Lange and Charles E. Beardsley for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. In the proceedings for […]

Dotson v. International Alliance etc. Employes , 34 Cal.2d 362 [S. F. No. 17559. In Bank. Sept. 30, 1949.] LESLIE DOTSON et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF THEATRICAL STAGE EMPLOYES AND MOVING PICTURE MACHINE OPERATORS OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA, LOCAL 162 et al., Defendants and Appellants. COUNSEL Gladstein, Andersen, Resner […]

Reeves v. Reeves , 34 Cal.2d 355 [L. A. No. 20895. In Bank. Sept. 30, 1949.] RICHARD EDWARD REEVES, Respondent, v. ANNABELLE REEVES, Appellant. COUNSEL Edward Raiden for Appellant. Melanie Dynner for Respondent. OPINION CARTER, J. Plaintiff husband commenced an action for a divorce from his 19-year-old wife in May, 1948, and personal service was […]