Category: 1951

Villanazul v. City of Los Angeles , 37 Cal.2d 718 [L. A. No. 21398. In Bank. Aug. 31, 1951.] MERCY VILLANAZUL et al., Appellants, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES, Respondent. [L. A. No. 21348. In Bank. Aug. 31, 1951.] MERCY VILLANAZUL et al., Appellants, v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, Respondent. [L. A. No. 21425. In […]

Stoumen v. Reilly , 37 Cal.2d 713 [S. F. No. 18310. In Bank. Aug. 28, 1951.] SOL M. STOUMEN, Appellant, v. GEORGE R. REILLY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Morris Lowenthal for Appellant. Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, and J. Albert Hutchinson, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondents. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. The State Board of Equalization suspended, […]

M. F. Kemper Const. Co. v. City of L. A. , 37 Cal.2d 696 [L. A. No. 21472. In Bank. Aug. 28, 1951.] M. F. KEMPER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY (a Co-partnership), Plaintiff and Respondent, v. THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES et al., Appellants; M. F. KEMPER et al., Cross- Defendants and Respondents. COUNSEL Ray L. Chesebro, […]

De Lao v. Superior Court , 37 Cal.2d 711 [L. A. No. 21937. In Bank. Aug. 28, 1951.] DAVID DANIEL DE LAO, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent. COUNSEL David G. Kling for Petitioner. Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel, and William E. Lamoreaux, Deputy County Counsel, for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. Petitioner, […]

County of San Diego v. McClurken , 37 Cal.2d 683 [L. A. No. 21701. In Bank. Aug. 24, 1951.] COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, Appellant, v. J. A. McCLURKEN et al., Respondents. COUNSEL James Don Keller, District Attorney, Bertram McLees, Jr., and Duane J. Carnes, Deputy District Attorneys, for Appellant. Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel (Los […]

Estate of Dabney , 37 Cal.2d 672 [L. A. No. 21768. In Bank. Aug. 22, 1951.] Estate of LOUISE E. DABNEY, Deceased. CLIFFORD R. DABNEY et al., Appellants, v. MILTON H. PHILLEO, as Executor, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL C. Paul Du Bois and John E. Sisson for Appellants. Dolley, Knight, Woods & Hightower, Roy P. Dolley, […]

People v. Chavez , 37 Cal.2d 656 [Crim. No. 5197. In Bank. Aug. 10, 1951.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. FELIX CHAVEZ, Appellant. COUNSEL Ralph W. Rutledge and Richard E. Patton for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Doris H. Maier and Wallace G. Colthurst, Deputy Attorneys General, and Daniel E. Weyand, District Attorney (Colusa), for […]

Boren v. State Personnel Board , 37 Cal.2d 634 [L. A. No. 21390. In Bank. Aug. 10, 1951.] RALPH CLINTON BOREN, Appellant, v. STATE PERSONNEL BOARD OF CALIFORNIA et al., Respondents. COUNSEL George E. Cryer and R. Alston Jones for Appellant. Fred N. Howser and Edmund G. Brown, Attorneys General, Howard C. Goldin and Bayard […]

Hocking v. Title Ins. & Trust Co. , 37 Cal.2d 644 [L. A. No. 21917. In Bank. Aug. 10, 1951.] DOROTHY L. HOCKING, Appellant, v. TITLE INSURANCE AND TRUST COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Wing, Wing & Brown and Merrill Brown for Appellant. Lawrence L. Otis, Gilbert E. Harris, James F. Healey, Jr., […]

People v. Buckowski , 37 Cal.2d 629 [Crim. No. 5200. In Bank. July 27, 1951.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. STANLEY BUCKOWSKI, Appellant. COUNSEL Morris Lavine for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Frank Richards, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION SHENK, J. Stanley Buckowski and his wife were charged with the murder of Helen […]

People v. Cullen , 37 Cal.2d 614 [Crim. No. 5172. In Bank. July 27, 1951.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. RAY CULLEN, Appellant. COUNSEL J. David Hennigan and Robert M. Wiley for Appellant. Fred N. Howser and Edmund G. Brown, Attorneys General, Elizabeth Miller, Deputy Attorney General, William O. Mackey, District Attorney (Riverside) and Ray T. […]

Potter v. Pacific Coast Lumber Co. , 37 Cal.2d 592 [L. A. No. 21779. In Bank. July 27, 1951.] G. E. POTTER, Respondent, v. PACIFIC COAST LUMBER COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Buck & O’Reilly and John F. Runner for Appellants. Renetzky & Davis, Paul W. Davis and Laura O. Coffield for Respondent. […]

Kessloff v. Pearson , 37 Cal.2d 609 [L. A. No. 21918. In Bank. July 27, 1951.] ALEX KESSLOFF, Appellant, v. EDWARD F. PEARSON et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Aaron Sapiro and Hyman O. Danoff for Appellant. Louis Licht, Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp and Arthur Groman for Respondents. OPINION SHENK, J. Upon the termination of a written […]

Estate of Collias , 37 Cal.2d 587 [L. A. No. 21453. In Bank. July 24, 1951.] Estate of CHRIS COLLIAS, Deceased. ARGIRIOS T. COLLIAS, Respondent, v. EFSTATHIOS COLLIAS et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Marshall & Farnham and O. E. Farnham for Appellants. James C. Webb for Respondent. OPINION EDMONDS, J. Chris Collias died testate. His will […]

People v. Nor Woods , 37 Cal.2d 584 [Crim. No. 5211. In Bank. July 20, 1951.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. WOODROW NOR WOODS, Appellant. COUNSEL Woodrow Nor Woods, in pro. per., for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Gilbert Harelson and Frank Richards, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. Defendant has appealed from […]

People v. Chambers , 37 Cal.2d 552 [L. A. No. 21478. In Bank. July 13, 1951.] THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. LOVELL C. CHAMBERS, Defendant and Appellant. COUNSEL Fred N. Howser and Edmund G. Brown, Attorneys General, and Walter S. Rountree and Dan Kaufmann, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Appellant. Solon S. Kipp […]

In re Kimler , 37 Cal.2d 568 [Crim. No. 5046. In Bank. July 13, 1951.] In re CHARLES WALKER KIMLER, on Habeas Corpus. COUNSEL Ernest Spagnoli, at request of Petitioner appointed by Supreme Court, for Petitioner. Fred N. Howser and Edmund G. Brown, Attorneys General, B. Abbott Goldberg and Clarence A. Linn, Deputy Attorneys General, […]

Estate of Mesner , 37 Cal.2d 563 [L. A. No. 21959. In Bank. July 13, 1951.] Estate of JENNIE MESNER, Deceased. CHARLES W. CRADICK, Respondent, v. J. P. SINGER, Appellant. COUNSEL Clarence Hansen and Vernon S. Gray for Appellant. Dailey S. Stafford for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. Respondent, executor of the estate of Jennie Mesner, […]

Royer v. Carter , 37 Cal.2d 544 [L. A. No. 21857. In Bank. July 10, 1951.] MARY C. ROYER, Respondent, v. HELENA CARTER, Appellant. COUNSEL Oliver B. Schwab and Arthur Livingston for Appellant. Kenneth D. Holland for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. Defendant has appealed from a judgment for damages for breach of a contract to […]

Blache v. Blache , 37 Cal.2d 531 [S. F. No. 17997. In Bank. July 6, 1951.] ANNA BLACHE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. MAURICE J. BLACHE et al., Defendants and Appellants. COUNSEL David Livingston and Louis F. DiResta for Plaintiff and Appellant. Ernest J. Torregano for Defendant and Appellant Maurice J. Blache. Edward J. Lynch for […]

Souza v. Public Utilities Com. , 37 Cal.2d 539 [S. F. No. 18245. In Bank. July 6, 1951.] DANIEL H. SOUZA, Petitioner, v. PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Phillips & Avakian and Spurgeon Avakian for Petitioner. Everett C. McKeage, Boris H. Lakusta, J. Thomason Phelps, John K. Power and Wilson E. Cline for […]

Capitain v. L. A. Wrecking Co. , 37 Cal.2d 527 [L. A. No. 21870. In Bank. July 3, 1951.] JOSEPH CAPITAIN, Respondent, v. L. A. WRECKING COMPANY et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Bloom & Bloom and Eleanor V. Jackson for Appellants. Barry Sullivan for Respondent. OPINION CARTER, J. The trial court found that on December 17, […]

Tossman v. Newman , 37 Cal.2d 522 [L. A. No. 21805. In Bank. July 3, 1951.] MAX TOSSMAN, Appellant, v. ALFRED NEWMAN, Respondent. COUNSEL Alvin G. Greenwald and Leonard G. Ratner for Appellant. Roger E. Kelly, Bauder, Gilbert, Thompson, Kelly & Veatch for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. Plaintiff appeals from a judgment for defendant in […]

People v. Riley , 37 Cal.2d 510 [Crim. No. 5185. In Bank. June 29, 1951.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. LEANDRESS RILEY, Appellant. COUNSEL Jerome A. Duffy, under appointment by Supreme Court, for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Clarence A. Linn, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. [37 Cal.2d 512] OPINION SPENCE, J. In a […]

Lee On v. Long , 37 Cal.2d 499 [S. F. No. 18026. In Bank. June 29, 1951.] LEE ON et al., Appellants, v. JAMES LONG, Individually and as Sheriff, etc., et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Deasy & Dodge and Philip L. Evans for Appellants. Fred N. Howser and Edmund G. Brown, Attorneys General, Clarence A. Linn, […]