Category: 1950

Lorenson v. Superior Court , 35 Cal.2d 49 [L. A. No. 21155. In Bank. Apr. 4, 1950.] HARRY M. LORENSON, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent. COUNSEL Russell E. Parsons for Petitioner. Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel, Wm. E. Lamoreaux, Deputy County Counsel, W. E. Simpson, District Attorney, Jere J. Sullivan […]

Powell v. Pacific Electric Railway Co. , 35 Cal.2d 40 [L. A. No. 21092. In Bank. Apr. 4, 1950.] WILLIAM S. POWELL et al., Appellants, v. PACIFIC ELECTRIC RAILWAY COMPANY, Respondent. COUNSEL Charles A. Thomasset for Appellants. C. W. Cornell, O. O. Collins, Malcolm Archbald, John R. Allport and John H. Gordon for Respondent. OPINION […]

Baffa v. Johnson , 35 Cal.2d 36 [L. A. No. 21266. In Bank. Mar. 24, 1950.] WILLIAM BAFFA, Appellant, v. JOHNNIE A. JOHNSON et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Laurence J. Rittenband, Sidney H. Rivkin, Frederick Brunner and Raymond A. Nelson for Appellant. Sturzenacker & Isenberg and Carl B. Sturzenacker for Respondents. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. Plaintiff brought […]

Estate of Akeley , 35 Cal.2d 26 [L. A. No. 20939. In Bank. Mar. 21, 1950.] Estate of CLARA ROOD AKELEY, Deceased. RUSSELL LEMMON, as Executor, etc., et al., Respondents, v. STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Appellant. COUNSEL Fred N. Howser, Attorney General and Elizabeth Miller, Deputy Attorney General for Appellant. Sidney N. Bachtell, B. Dean Clanton […]

Kobe v. Industrial Acc. Com. , 35 Cal.2d 33 [L. A. Nos. 21179-21181. In Bank. Mar. 21, 1950.] T. R. KOBE et al., Petitioners, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION, BETTY J. RUBLE et al., AUGUSTINE PADILLA and ALFRED BJERKE, Respondents. (Three Cases.) COUNSEL Kearney, McCartney, Scott & Clopton for Petitioners. T. Groezinger and Robert Ball for […]

Scheff v. Roberts , 35 Cal.2d 10 [L. A. No. 21289. In Bank. Mar. 17, 1950.] JACK SCHEFF et al., Respondents, v. RAYMOND W. ROBERTS et al., Defendants; CHARLES L. FINK et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Charles A. Thomasset for Appellants. Borah & Borah and Julius Borah for Respondents. OPINION SPENCE, J. Defendants Charles L. Fink […]

Fristoe v. Drapeau , 35 Cal.2d 5 [L. A. No. 20657. In Bank. Mar. 17, 1950.] MARGARETTA B. FRISTOE, Respondent, v. JACK DRAPEAU et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Charles F. Gerard and Edward Henderson for Appellants. Sprague & Sparks for Respondent. [35 Cal.2d 7] OPINION GIBSON, C.J. This action was brought to enjoin interference with the […]

Bonebrake v. McCormick , 35 Cal.2d 16 [Sac. No. 6023. In Bank. Mar. 17, 1950.] OSCAR L. BONEBRAKE et al., Appellants, v. JULIA FORTUNATE McCORMICK, Respondent. COUNSEL Willens & Boscoe and Herbert Chamberlin for Appellants. Honey & Mayall and Edwin Mayall for Respondents. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. Plaintiffs appeal from an adverse judgment in a suit […]

Estate of Aldrich , 35 Cal.2d 20 [S. F. No. 17657. In Bank. Mar. 17, 1950.] Estate of WILLIAM A. ALDRICH, Deceased. BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, as Trustee, etc., et al., Respondents, v. WILLIAM ARNOLD ALDRICH, Appellant. COUNSEL Augustin C. Keane for Appellant. Donahue, Richards & Hamlin, Donahue, Richards, Rowell & […]

Federal Farm Mtge. Corp. v. Sandberg , 35 Cal.2d 1 [L. A. No. 20944. In Bank. Mar. 15, 1950.] FEDERAL FARM MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Appellant, v. MARION G. SANDBERG et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Richard W. Young, Morton G. Hoffman and Daniel Schnabel for Appellant. Arch. H. Vernon, Earl E. Johnson, Gilbert E. Harris and W. T. […]

Jones v. Pollock , 34 Cal.2d 863 [L. A. No. 21225. In Bank. Mar 14, 1950.] J. ELBERT JONES, Appellant, v. JAMES POLLOCK et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Bruce Mason and Clark Heggeness for Appellant. Raymond J. Kirkpatrick and Moses E. Lewis for Respondents. OPINION EDMONDS, J. J. Elbert Jones, a building contractor, sued to foreclose […]

Smith v. Lagerstrom , 34 Cal.2d 858 [L. A. No. 21207. In Bank. Mar. 10, 1950.] ALLEN DALE SMITH, Respondent, v. RUSS LAGERSTROM et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Vincent Wood and Gordon M. Snyder for Appellants. Canfield & Westwick for Respondent. OPINION EDMONDS, J. The appeal from a judgment upon a directed verdict in favor of […]

City of Beverly Hills v. Brady , 34 Cal.2d 854 [L. A. No. 20871. In Bank. Mar. 10, 1950.] CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS, Appellant, v. WILLIAM BRADY, Respondent. COUNSEL Richard C. Waltz, City Attorney, and Richard L. Sieg, Jr., Assistant City Attorney, for Appellant. Reed & Kirtland and Robert E. Moore, Jr., for Respondent. OPINION […]

Warner v. Warner , 34 Cal.2d 838 [L. A. No. 20913. In Bank. March 3, 1950] ANITA LIPTON WARNER, Respondent, v. THOMAS WILLIAM WARNER, JR., Appellant. COUNSEL Manuel Ruiz, Jr., Fink, Rolston, Levinthal & Kent and Nelson Rosen for Appellant. Gold & Needleman, J. George Gold, James J. Needleman, Pacht, Warne, Ross & Bernhard, Isaac […]

Cent. Contra Costa etc. Dist. v. Superior Ct. , 34 Cal.2d 845 [S. F. No. 18029. In Bank. March 3, 1950.] CENTRAL CONTRA COSTA SANITARY DISTRICT (a Public Corporation), Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Wagener & Brailsford, W. H. Brailsford, Jr., and Robert W. Harrison for Petitioner. Tinning […]

National Auto. & Casualty Ins. Co. v. Ainge , 34 Cal.2d 806 [L. A. No. 21290. In Bank. Feb. 28, 1950.] NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant, v. FANNIE S. AINGE, Individually and as Executrix, etc., Respondents. COUNSEL Robert McWilliams for Appellant. Reginald I. Bauder, W. I. Gilbert, Jr., Roger E. Kelly, […]

Estate of Willis , 34 Cal.2d 782 [L. A. No. 20696. In Bank. Feb. 28, 1950.] Estate of CHARLES GOLDEN WILLIS, Deceased. THOMAS H. KUCHEL, as State Controller, Appellant, v. BERTRAM PAUL WILLIS, as Executor, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL James W. Hickey, Chief Inheritance Tax Attorney, Morton L. Barker, Raymond G. LaNoue, Deputy Inheritance Tax Attorneys, […]

Codorniz v. Codorniz , 34 Cal.2d 811 [Sac. No. 5935. In Bank. Feb. 28, 1950.] ALICE D. CODORNIZ, Appellant, v. JOSEPH M. CODORNIZ, Respondent. COUNSEL Brown, Ford & Cooney for Appellant. Rutledge & Rutledge and Ralph W. Rutledge for Respondent. OPINION SCHAUER, J. Plaintiff appeals from an order made by the trial court upon application […]

Pacific Tel. & Tel. Co. v. Public Utilities Com. , 34 Cal.2d 822 [S. F. Nos. 17952, 17953. In Bank. Feb. 28, 1950.] THE PACIFIC TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY (a Corporation), Petitioner, v. PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Arthur T. George, Eugene M. Prince, Eugene D. Bennett and […]

Martin Ship Service Co. v. City of L. A. , 34 Cal.2d 793 [L. A. No. 20774. In Bank. Feb. 28, 1950.] MARTIN SHIP SERVICE CO. (a Corporation), Respondent, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES et al., Appellants. [L. A. No. 20775. In Bank. Feb. 28, 1950.] WILLIAM H. HUTCHINSON, Respondent, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES […]

People v. Wallin , 34 Cal.2d 777 [Crim. No. 5033. In Bank. Feb. 24, 1950.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. L. O. WALLIN, Appellant COUNSEL Robert E. Austin, John N. Helmick and A. K. Phelps for Appellant. [34 Cal.2d 778] Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, and William E. James, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION EDMONDS, […]

Larsen v. Industrial Acc. Com. , 34 Cal.2d 772 [L. A. No. 21258. In Bank. Feb. 24, 1950.] ORAL E. LARSEN et al., Petitioners, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Riedman & Silverberg, Fred M. Riedman and Milton H. Silverberg for Petitioners. T. Groezinger, Kearney, McCartney, Scott & Clopton and Howard J. Scott […]

Commercial Credit Corp. v. Orange Co. Mach. Works , 34 Cal.2d 766 [L. A. No. 20911. In Bank. Feb. 24, 1950.] COMMERCIAL CREDIT CORPORATION (a Corporation), Appellant, v. ORANGE COUNTY MACHINE WORKS et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Wm. G. Junge and Robert J. McGowan for Appellant. Wm. K. Lindsay for Respondents. OPINION EDMONDS, J. Commercial Credit […]

Conroy v. Wolff , 34 Cal.2d 745 [S. F. No. 17869. In Bank. Feb. 21, 1950.] PETER CONROY, Appellant, v. HARRY K. WOLFF et al., Respondents; AUGUST G. STEFFEN et al., Interveners. COUNSEL Charles P. Scully and Thomas M. Mulvihill for Appellant. Dion R. Holm, City Attorney, Walter A. Dold, Chief Deputy City Attorney, James […]

People v. Sampsell , 34 Cal.2d 757 [Crim. No. 5021. In Bank. Feb. 21, 1950.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. LLOYD EDISON SAMPSELL, Appellant. COUNSEL Lloyd Edison Sampsell in pro. per., and J. Oscar Goldstein, under appointment by the Supreme Court on appeal, for Appellant. Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, and Walter L. Bowers, Assistant Attorney […]