Category: 1949

Nelson v. California Trust Co. , 33 Cal.2d 501 [L. A. No. 20480. In Bank. Feb. 25, 1949.] RUSSELL NELSON, Respondent, v. CALIFORNIA TRUST COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL Swanwick, Donnelly & Proudfit and Donald O. Welton for Appellant. Hahn, Ross, Goldstone & Saunders for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. Nelson, in order to satisfy a […]

Ebert v. State of California , 33 Cal.2d 502 [Sac. No. 5838. In Bank. Feb. 25, 1949.] MADGE EBERT et al., Respondents, v. STATE OF CALIFORNIA et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, Gladys S. Burroughs, E. G. Benard and William J. Power, Deputy Attorneys General, for Appellants. Brandenburger & White and William […]

Bixby v. California Trust Co. , 33 Cal.2d 495 [L. A. No. 20164. In Bank. Feb. 25, 1949.] FRED H. BIXBY, JR., Appellant, v. CALIFORNIA TRUST COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL Robert L. Moore, Lindstrom & Bartlett and Ralph G. Lindstrom for Appellant. George Pinny and Dunlap, Holmes, Ross & Woodson as Amici Curiae on […]

People v. Zatzke , 33 Cal.2d 480 [Crim. No. 4930. In Bank. Feb. 23, 1949.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. DANIEL JEROME ZATZKE, Appellant. COUNSEL Walter L. Gordon, Jr., and Vince M. Townsend for Appellant. Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, Frank Richards and Henry A. Dietz, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent. OPINION SHENK, J. The defendant […]

City of Fairfield v. Hutcheon , 33 Cal.2d 475 [Sac. No. 5989. In Bank. Feb. 18, 1949.] THE CITY OF FAIRFIELD, Petitioner, v. COLIN C. HUTCHEON, as City Clerk, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Goodman & Goodman and W. U. Goodman for Petitioner. Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel, A. Curtis Smith, Assistant County Counsel, O’Melveny & Myers […]

Gwinn v. Ryan , 33 Cal.2d 436 [L. A. No. 20750. In Bank. Feb. 1, 1949.] GRACE GWINN, Appellant, v. ROBERT E. RYAN, Respondent. COUNSEL E. P. Mulholland for Appellant. Forgy, Reinhaus & Forgy and Fred Forgy for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. This is a motion to dismiss an appeal on the ground that the […]

Marvin v. Hodgson , 33 Cal.2d 439 [L. A. No. 20685. In Bank. Feb. 1, 1949.] JACK MARVIN et al., Respondents, v. WILLIAM E. HODGSON, Appellant. COUNSEL Herbert R. Lande for Appellant. J. Paul Madsen for Respondents. OPINION SCHAUER, J. Defendant appeals from a judgment in favor of plaintiffs, his former employes, for certain sums […]

Lockard v. City of Los Angeles , 33 Cal.2d 453 [L. A. No. 20383. In Bank. Feb. 1, 1949.] CHARLES C. LOCKARD et al., Respondents, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES, Appellant. COUNSEL Ray L. Chesebro, City Attorney, Bourke Jones and Roger Arnebergh, Assistant City Attorneys, and Thos. H. Hearn, Deputy City Attorney, for Appellant. Albert […]

Barham v. Barham , 33 Cal.2d 416 [L. A. No. 19988. In Bank. Feb. 1, 1949.] ARLINE C. BARHAM, Respondent, v. FRANK F. BARHAM, Appellant. COUNSEL A. G. Ritter for Appellant. Walter H. Young for Respondent. OPINION SPENCE, J. Defendant appeals from those portions of the interlocutory decree of divorce effecting awards of alimony and […]

Guerin v. Kirst , 33 Cal.2d 402 [L. A. No. 20687. In Bank. Jan. 28, 1949.] H. T. GUERIN et al., Appellants, v. JOHN M. KIRST, Respondent. COUNSEL Latham & Watkins, Richard W. Lund, James W. McNabb and John G. Evans for Appellants. Frank P. Doherty, William R. Gallagher, Frank W. Doherty and James A. […]

Chakmakjian v. Lowe , 33 Cal.2d 308 [L. A. No. 20659. In Bank. Jan. 25, 1949.] MOUSHEK CHAKMAKJIAN, Respondent, v. JENNIE LOWE, Appellant. COUNSEL Stanton & Stanton for Appellant. Herlihy & Herlihy and Joseph W. Pierce for Respondent. OPINION SPENCE, J. Defendant, an uninsured employer, appeals from a judgment for plaintiff rendered on account of […]

Zaragosa v. Craven , 33 Cal.2d 315 [Sac. No. 5950. In Bank. Jan. 25, 1949.] JENNIE ZARAGOSA, Appellant, v. JERRY ALBERT CRAVEN, Respondent. COUNSEL C. Ray Robinson, Willard B. Treadwell and Margaret A. Flynn for Appellant. Stammer & McKnight and James K. Barnum for Respondent. OPINION SCHAUER, J. Plaintiff appeals from an adverse judgment in […]

People v. Bemis , 33 Cal.2d 395 [Crim. No. 4922. In Bank. Jan. 25, 1949.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. HARLAN C. BEMIS et al., Defendants; DONALD E. HUDSON, Appellant. COUNSEL Robert H. Green for Appellant. Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, and Howard S. Goldin, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. Defendants Donald Hudson […]

People v. Wells , 33 Cal.2d 330 [Crim. No. 4840. In Bank. Jan. 25, 1949.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. WESLEY ROBERT WELLS, Appellant. COUNSEL Philip C. Wilkins and C. K. Curtright for Appellant. Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, David K. Lener, Clarence A. Linn, Deputy Attorneys General, John Quincy Brown, District Attorney, Albert H. Mundt, […]

People v. Danielly , 33 Cal.2d 362 [Crim. No. 4812. In Bank. Jan. 25, 1949.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. EWELL LEE DANIELLY, Appellant. COUNSEL Ernest Spagnoli for Appellant. [33 Cal.2d 364] Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, David K. Lener, Deputy Attorney General, Edmund G. Brown, District Attorney, and Vincent J. Mullins, Assistant District Attorney, for […]

Telefilm, Inc. v. Superior Court , 33 Cal.2d 289 [L. A. No. 20744. In Bank. Jan. 21, 1949.] TELEFILM, INC. (a Corporation), Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Lewinson & Armstrong and Joseph L. Lewinson for Petitioner. Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel, Douglas DeCoster, Deputy County Counsel, Freston […]

Hurst v. City & County of San Francisco , 33 Cal.2d 298 [S. F. No. 17846. In Bank. Jan. 21, 1949.] JAMES HURST et al., Petitioners, v. CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Long & Levit, Percy V. Long and Bert W. Levit for Petitioners. John J. O’Toole, City Attorney, Walter […]

Estate of Smith , 33 Cal.2d 279 [S. F. No. 17406. In Bank. Jan. 11, 1949.] Estate of LEWIS WARREN SMITH, Deceased. BRANFORD BAPTIST CHURCH, Appellant, v. AMY EDITH NICHOLS, Respondent; WELLS FARGO BANK & UNION TRUST CO., as Executor, etc. COUNSEL Jay A. Darwin and Clifton E. Brooks for Appellant. Weinmann, Moffitt & Quayle […]

People v. Adamson , 33 Cal.2d 286 [Crim. No. 4944. In Bank. Jan. 11, 1949.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. ADMIRAL DEWEY ADAMSON, Appellant. COUNSEL Morris Lavine for Appellant. Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, Walter L. Bowers, Assistant Attorney General, William E. Simpson, District Attorney, Jere Sullivan and Robert Wheeler, Deputy District Attorneys, for Respondent. OPINION […]

Heuer v. Heuer , 33 Cal.2d 268 [Sac. No. 5828. In Bank. Jan. 11, 1949.] GEORGIA HEUER, Respondent, v. HENRY HEUER et al., Appellants. COUNSEL John Sinai, Fontaine Johnson and Thomas Perkins for Appellants. Mazzera, Snyder & DeMartini, Gumpert & Mazzera and William Wear Clark for Respondent. OPINION SHENK, J. The plaintiff commenced an action […]

Silveira v. Ohm , 33 Cal.2d 272 [Sac. No. 5858. In Bank. Jan. 11, 1949.] ANTONIO G. SILVEIRA et al., Appellants, v. HENRY T. OHM et al., Respondents. COUNSEL George Wadsworth and John H. Machado for Appellants. Rutherford, Jacobs, Cavalero & Dietrich, Philip Cavalero, William H. Woodward and Newton Rutherford for Respondents. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. […]