Category: 1950

Golding v. R.K.O. Pictures, Inc. , 35 Cal.2d 690 [L. A. No. 20699. In Bank. August 4, 1950.] SAMUEL R. GOLDING et al., Respondents, v. R.K.O. PICTURES, INC. (a Corporation) et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp and Guy Knupp for Appellants. Loeb & Loeb and Herman F. Selvin, Amici Curiae on behalf of […]

Stanley v. Columbia Broadcasting System , 35 Cal.2d 653 [L. A. No. 20686. In Bank. Aug. 4, 1950.] JACK STANLEY, Respondent, v. COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC. (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL O’Melveny & Myers, Homer I. Mitchell, W. B. Carman, Jr., Louis W. Myers and Deane F. Johnson for Appellant. Loeb & Loeb and Herman F. […]

Clement v. State Reclamation Board , 35 Cal.2d 628 [Sac. No. 5962. In Bank. Aug. 2, 1950.] ELDEN W. CLEMENT, Appellant v. THE STATE RECLAMATION BOARD et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Earl D. Desmond, E. Vayne Miller and Hudson Ford for Appellant. Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, Walter S. Rountree, Timothy W. O’Brien and Robert E. […]

Monarco v. Lo Greco , 35 Cal.2d 621 [L. A. Nos. 21024, 21025.In Bank.Aug. 1, 1950.] CARMEN MONARCO, Appellant, v. CHRISTIE Lo GRECO et al., as Executors, etc., Respondents. (Two Cases.) COUNSEL Allen M. Williams for Appellant. Oliver O. Clark and Jack R. Mills for Respondents. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. Natale and Carmela Castiglia were married […]

Bomberger v. McKelvey , 35 Cal.2d 607 [Sac. No. 5947. In Bank. July 31, 1950.] JOHN W. BOMBERGER et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. D. P. McKELVEY et al., Appellants; FRED L. HILL et al., Cross-defendants and Respondents. COUNSEL Taylor & Taylor, Edward T. Taylor and Edward T. Taylor, Jr., for Appellants. Vernon F. Gant […]

Case v. Kadota Fig Assn. , 35 Cal.2d 596 [S. F. No. 17753. In Bank. July 27, 1950.] PAUL W. CASE et al., Appellants, v. KADOTA FIG ASSOCIATION OF PRODUCERS (a Growers’ Cooperative Association) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Johnson, Harmon, Stirrat & Henderson, Adams & Griswold and W. G. Harmon for Appellants. C. Ray Robinson, […]

So. Cal. etc. Lines v. Public Utilities Com. , 35 Cal.2d 586 [L. A. No. 21217. In Bank. June 30, 1950.] SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FREIGHT LINES (a Corporation), Petitioner, v. PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION etc., et al., Respondents. COUNSEL H. J. Bischoff and W. A. Steiger for Petitioner. Everett C. McKeage, Roderick B. Cassidy, Boris H. Lakusta, […]

In re Vallindras , 35 Cal.2d 594 [Crim. No. 5116. In Bank. June 30, 1950.] In re JOHN A. VALLINDRAS on Habeas Corpus. COUNSEL G. C. Ringole and Allan L. Sapiro for Petitioner. Raymond D. Williamson and Vincent Mullens for Respondent. [35 Cal.2d 595] OPINION EDMONDS, J. In an action for divorce, John A. Vallindras […]

Hard v. County of Plumas , 35 Cal.2d 577 [Sac. No. 5976. In Bank. June 29, 1950.] CHESTER HARD, Appellant, v. COUNTY OF PLUMAS et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Gardiner Johnson and Thomas E. Stanton, Jr., for Appellant. Frank H. McAuliffe, District Attorney, McAllister & Johnson and Walter C. Frame for Respondents. J. F. Coakley, District […]

People v. Liss , 35 Cal.2d 570 [Crim. No. 5076. In Bank. June 27, 1950.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. BELLA LISS, Appellant. COUNSEL Morris Lavine for Appellant. Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, and Dan Kaufmann, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION EDMONDS, J. Bella Liss is charged with the crime of petty theft with prior […]

Odlum v. Duffy , 35 Cal.2d 562 [S. F. No. 18043. In Bank. June 27, 1950.] JEROME ODLUM, Petitioner, v. CLINTON T. DUFFY, Warden of the State Prison, etc., et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Jerome Odlum, in pro. per. for Petitioner. Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, and Clarence A. Linn, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondents. OPINION […]

Housing Authority v. Superior Court , 35 Cal.2d 550 [Sac. No. 6097. In Bank. June 21, 1950.] HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF EUREKA, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY, Respondent. COUNSEL Woodman, Leddy & Sautter and Stanley Woodman for Petitioner. William A. O’Brien, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner. E. S. Mitchell for […]

In re Razutis , 35 Cal.2d 532 [Crim. No. 5014. In Bank. June 13, 1950.] In re JOSEPH JOHN RAZUTIS, on Habeas Corpus. COUNSEL Joseph John Razutis, in pro. per., and John H. Paine, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Petitioner. Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, and Clarence A. Linn, Deputy Attorney General, for […]

People v. Mendes , 35 Cal.2d 537 [Crim. No. 5085. In Bank. June 13, 1950.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. LUIS LOPEZ MENDES, Appellant. COUNSEL Thomas C. Perkins and John D. McComish for Appellant. Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, and Doris H. Maier, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. At about 7:30 p.m. on […]

People v. Sanchez , 35 Cal.2d 522 [Crim. No. 4997. In Bank. June 9, 1950.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. DANIEL CANAS SANCHEZ, Appellant. COUNSEL James E. Walker for Appellant. Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, and William E. James, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION SCHAUER, J. Appellant Sanchez (hereinafter sometimes called defendant) and one Noble […]

People v. Guldbrandsen , 35 Cal.2d 514 [Crim. No. 5065. In Bank. June 2, 1950.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. HENRY B. GULDBRANDSEN, Appellant. COUNSEL Toland C. McGettigan for Appellant. Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, Doris H. Maier, Deputy Attorney General, and Charles J. McGoldrick, District Attorney, for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. Defendant was charged by […]

People v. Woods , 35 Cal.2d 504 [Crim. No. 5063. In Bank. May 31, 1950.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. CHARLES H. WOODS, Appellant. COUNSEL Chotiner & Chotiner and Murray M. Chotiner for Appellant. Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, and Kent C. Rogers, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondents. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. In count one of an […]

Lesser & Son v. Seymour , 35 Cal.2d 494 [L. A. No. 20942. In Bank. May 29, 1950.] LESSER AND SON (a Copartnership) et al., Respondents, v. SAM SEYMOUR et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Overton, Lyman, Plumb, Prince & Vermille and Carl J. Schuck for Appellants. Knight, Gitelson & Ashton, Thompson & Colegate and Alfred Gitelson […]

Gogue v. MacDonald , 35 Cal.2d 482 [Sac. No. 6099. In Bank. May 26, 1950.] ORLIE GOGUE, Appellant, v. EUGENE W. MacDONALD, Respondent. COUNSEL Harry W. Falk for Appellant. Hill & Hill and W. G. Watson, Jr., for Respondent. OPINION SHENK, J. This is an appeal from a judgment dismissing the action after a general […]

People v. Avery , 35 Cal.2d 487 [Crim. No. 5064. In Bank. May 26, 1950.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. HERMAN AVERY, Appellant. COUNSEL Morey S. Levenson and Byron F. Lindsley, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Appellant. Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, Walter L. Bowers, Assistant Attorney General, and Frank Richards, Deputy Attorney General, […]

Ornales v. Wigger , 35 Cal.2d 474 [L. A. No. 21336. In Bank. May 23, 1950.] LOUISE ORNALES, Appellant, v. MYRTLE E. WIGGER, Respondent. COUNSEL Marcus, Rabwin & Nash and Robert M. Newell for Appellant. Bauder, Gilbert, Kelly, Thompson & Veatch and Patrick H. Ford for Respondent. OPINION CARTER, J. Plaintiff sued for damages for […]

People v. Chessman , 35 Cal.2d 455 [Crim. No. 5006. In Bank. May 19, 1950.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. CARYL CHESSMAN, Appellant. COUNSEL Caryl Chessman, in pro. per., for Appellant. Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, Frank Richards, Deputy Attorney General, W. E. Simpson, District Attorney (Los Angeles), J. Miller Leavy and Robert Wheeler, Deputy District […]

Dean v. Kuchel , 35 Cal.2d 444 [Sac. No. 6106. In Bank. May 18, 1950.] JAMES S. DEAN, as Director of the Department of Finance etc., Petitioner, v. THOMAS H. KUCHEL, as State Controller, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, E. G. Benard, Assistant Attorney General, and Leonard M. Friedman, Deputy Attorney General, […]

Finnegan v. Royal Realty Co. , 35 Cal.2d 409 [L. A. No. 21048. In Bank. May 12, 1950.] DOROTHY FINNEGAN, Respondent, v. ROYAL REALTY COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant. [L. A. No. 21049. In Bank. May 12, 1950.] SOPHIE MERCHUT, Respondent, v. ROYAL REALTY COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL Lasher B. Gallagher, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, […]

Bell-Brook Dairies, Inc. v. Bryant , 35 Cal.2d 404 [S. F. No. 17893. In Bank. May 11, 1950.] BELL-BROOK DAIRIES, INC., Respondent, v. JAMES G. BRYANT, as Director of Employment, Appellant. COUNSEL Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, and ChaS.W. Johnson, Deputy Attorney General, for Appellant. Fabian D. Brown for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. Plaintiff brought […]