Category: 1950

Delzell v. Day , 36 Cal.2d 349 [L. A. No. 21591. In Bank. Nov. 13, 1950.] RAYMOND DELZELL et al., Appellants, v. PATRICK J. DAY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL A. V. Falcone for Appellants. C. F. Jorz and A. P. G. Steffes for Respondents. OPINION EDMONDS, J. Raymond and Beatrice Delzell, husband and wife, sued […]

Cal. Mill Supply Corp. v. Bank of America , 36 Cal.2d 334 [L. A. No. 21055. In Bank. Nov. 9, 1950.] CALIFORNIA MILL SUPPLY CORPORATION (a Corporation), Appellant, v. BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION (a National Banking Association), Respondent. COUNSEL E. Briggs Howorth for Appellant. Samuel B. Stewart, Jr., Hugo A. Steinmeyer, […]

Becker v. Becker , 36 Cal.2d 324 [L. A. No. 21044. In Bank. Nov. 8, 1950.] WALTER J. BECKER, Appellant, v. GRACE C. BECKER, Respondent. COUNSEL Charles Murstein and Noel Edwards for Appellant. Keslar & Woodward and F. Murray Keslar for Respondent. OPINION CARTER, J. On May 12, 1937, an interlocutory decree of divorce was […]

Hunter v. Justice’s Court , 36 Cal.2d 315 [L. A. No. 21652. In Bank. Nov. 1, 1950.] JOHN C. HUNTER, Petitioner, v. JUSTICE’S COURT OF CENTINELA TOWNSHIP et al., Respondents; SHELL OIL COMPANY, Real Party in Interest. COUNSEL Arthur C. Fisher and John C. Packard for Petitioner. Harold Judson and Orris R. Hedges, Amici Curiae […]

Estate of Williams , 36 Cal.2d 289 [L. A. No. 21062. In Bank. Oct. 31, 1950.] Estate of EDITOR WILLIAMS, Deceased. SEBASTIAN WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. OCTAVIA WILLIAMS, Respondent. COUNSEL Newton Van Why for Appellant. Gavin Morse Craig and Vernon L. Ferguson for Respondent. OPINION EDMONDS, J. The probate court sustained objections by the wife of […]

Cavero v. Franklin etc. Benevolent Soc. , 36 Cal.2d 301 [S. F. No. 18155. In Bank. Oct. 31, 1950.] HENRY CAVERO, Respondent, v. FRANKLIN GENERAL BENEVOLENT SOCIETY (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL Hadsell, Sweet, Ingalls & Murman and Sydney P. Murman for Appellant. Hartley F. Peart, Gus L. Baraty, Howard Hassard, Geo. A. Smith and Alan […]

Schubert v. Reich , 36 Cal.2d 298 [L. A. No. 21463. In Bank. Oct. 31, 1950.] FRANK H. SCHUBERT, Respondent, v. ANDREW REICH, Appellant. COUNSEL Clyde Thomas for Appellant. David S. Smith for Respondent. OPINION CARTER, J. Plaintiff commenced an action with respect to a contract under which defendant was to grade and process dates […]

Edward Brown & Sons v. City & Co. of S. F. , 36 Cal.2d 272 [S. F. No. 18110. In Bank. Oct. 27, 1950.] EDWARD BROWN & SONS (a Corporation), Appellant, v. CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Respondent. COUNSEL Arthur B. Dunne and Dunne & Dunne for Appellant. Dion R. Holm, City Attorney, and […]

Coyne v. Krempels , 36 Cal.2d 257 [L. A. No. 21602. In Bank. Oct. 27, 1950.] A. B. COYNE, Respondent, v. MICHAEL KREMPELS, Appellant. COUNSEL Jesse A. Hamilton and Joseph T. Forno for Appellant. Jerrell Babb for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. Defendant appeals from a summary judgment for plaintiff in an action for damages for […]

Stevinson Water Dist. v. Roduner , 36 Cal.2d 264 [Sac. No. 6020. In Bank. Oct. 27, 1950.] STEVINSON WATER DISTRICT (a Public Corporation) et al., Respondents, v. W. P. RODUNER et al., Appellants. [Sac. No. 6021. In Bank. Oct. 27, 1950.] STEVINSON WATER DISTRICT (a Public Corporation) et al., Respondents, v. STEPHEN CUNEO et al., […]

People v. Jackson , 36 Cal.2d 281 [Crim. No. 5105. In Bank. Oct. 27, 1950.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. MONROE ARTHUR JACKSON, Appellant. COUNSEL Richard E. Dafler, Public Defender, for Appellant. Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, and Walter L. Bowers, Assistant Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION SPENCE, J. Defendant was charged by information with the […]

Verdier v. Verdier , 36 Cal.2d 241 [S. F. No. 17926. In Bank. Oct. 25, 1950.] ALEXANDRINE VERDIER, Appellant, v. PAUL VERDIER, Respondent. COUNSEL Arthur B. Dunne, Harry S. Young, Dunne & Dunne, Young, Hudson & Rabinowitz, Hallinan, MacInnis & Zamloch and William F. Cleary for Appellant. Morgan J. Doyle and J. Joseph Sullivan for […]

Columbia Outfitting Co. v. Freeman , 36 Cal.2d 216 [S. F. No. 18091. In Bank. Oct. 24, 1950.] COLUMBIA OUTFITTING COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent, v. B. H. FREEMAN, Appellant. COUNSEL Alden Ames, Sanborn H. Smith and Abraham Glicksberg for Appellant. Oscar Samuels, Tevis Jacobs and Robert Sills for Respondent. OPINION SCHAUER, J. Defendant Freeman appeals […]

Estate of Thurston , 36 Cal.2d 207 [L. A. No. 21236. In Bank. Oct. 24, 1950.] Estate of JOHNSON THURSTON, Deceased. THOMAS H. KUCHEL, as State Controller, etc., Appellant, v. GEORGE W. TRAMMELL, as Executor, etc., et al., Respondents. COUNSEL James W. Hickey, Chief Inheritance Tax Attorney, Morton L. Barker, Deputy Inheritance Tax Attorney, Walter […]

People v. Steccone , 36 Cal.2d 234 [Crim. No. 5144. In Bank. Oct. 24, 1950.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. JOHN P. STECCONE et al., Appellants. COUNSEL J. Emmet Chapman, Frederick C. Dewar, Golden & Fratis, J. Bruce Fratis and Julius M. Keller for Appellants. Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, and Clarence A. Linn, Deputy Attorney […]

People v. Zerillo , 36 Cal.2d 222 [Crim. No. 5087. In Bank. Oct. 24, 1950.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. LORENZO ZERILLO, Appellant. COUNSEL Harold C. Faulkner, A. J. Zirpoli and Melvin, Faulkner, Sheehan & Wiseman for Appellant. Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, David K. Lener, Deputy Attorney General, Edmund G. Brown, District Attorney (San Francisco), […]

Thorsby v. Babcock , 36 Cal.2d 202 [S. F. No. 18192. In Bank. Oct. 20, 1950.] ALICE JEAN THORSBY et al., Respondents, v. WILLISTON A. BABCOCK, Appellant. COUNSEL Phillips, Munck & Niemand for Appellant. St. Sure & Moore for Respondents. OPINION EDMONDS, J. Williston A. Babcock is the judgment debtor in an action brought by […]

City & Co. of S. F. v. County of San Mateo , 36 Cal.2d 196 [S. F. No. 17777. In Bank. Oct. 20, 1950.] CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Appellant, v. COUNTY OF SAN MATEO, Respondent. COUNSEL Dion R. Holm, City Attorney, and A. Dal Thomson, Public Utilities Counsel, for Appellant. Gilbert D. Ferrell, […]

So. Cal. Jockey Club v. Cal. etc. Racing Bd. , 36 Cal.2d 167 [L. A. No. 21238. In Bank. Oct. 18, 1950.] SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB, INC. (a Corporation), Appellant, v. CALIFORNIA HORSE RACING BOARD et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Athearn, Chandler & Farmer, Hoffman & Angell, F. G. Athearn and Leigh Athearn for Appellant. Fred […]

Key System Transit Lines v. Superior Court , 36 Cal.2d 184 [S. F. No. 17922. In Bank. Oct. 18, 1950.] KEY SYSTEM TRANSIT LINES (a Corporation), Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF ALAMEDA COUNTY, Respondent. COUNSEL Donahue, Richards, Rowell & Gallagher and Bryant M. Bennett for Petitioner. Emmett R. Burns, William C. Burns, Fred Rosser and […]

Kramer v. Superior Court , 36 Cal.2d 159 [L. A. No. 21455. In Bank. Oct. 17, 1950.] ERNST KRAMER et al., Petitioners, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent. COUNSEL Emmet B. Hays for Petitioners. Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, and William J. Power, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION SHENK, J. This is […]

Turner v. State Bar , 36 Cal.2d 155 [L. A. No. 21404. In Bank. Oct. 17, 1950.] MAURICE TURNER, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR, Respondent. COUNSEL Walter S. Hilborn and Byron C. Hanna for Petitioner. Jerold E. Weil for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. Petitioner seeks a review of the recommendation of the Board of Governors […]

Golceff v. Sugarman , 36 Cal.2d 152 [S. F. No. 18185. In Bank. Oct. 13, 1950.] WALTER P. GOLCEFF, Appellant, v. E. SUGARMAN, Respondent. COUNSEL Hallinan, MacInnis & Zamloch and Nicholas Alaga for Appellant. Alexander, Bacon & Mundhenk and Herbert Chamberlain for Respondent. OPINION SCHAUER, J. In this action to recover damages for personal injuries […]

Seidel v. Waring , 36 Cal.2d 149 [S. F. No. 18171. In Bank. Oct. 11, 1950.] VAUGHN D. SEIDEL, Petitioner, v. EUGENE V. WARING, as County Auditor, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Gardiner Johnson and Thomas E. Stanton, Jr., for Petitioner. J. F. Coakley, District Attorney (Alameda), R. Robert Hunter, Assistant District Attorney, Richard H. Klippert and […]

Woodcock v. Dick , 36 Cal.2d 146 [Sac. No. 6135. In Bank. Oct. 11, 1950.] P. F. WOODCOCK, Petitioner, v. NELL M. DICK, as County Auditor, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Gardiner Johnson and Thomas E. Stanton, Jr., for Petitioner. Harold T. Hammond, District Attorney (Humboldt) for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. The sole question raised by this […]