Category: 1951

Williams v. Marshall , 37 Cal.2d 445 [L. A. No. 21141. In Bank. June 29, 1951.] ROY O. WILLIAMS et al., Respondents, v. FRANK D. MARSHALL et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Best, Best & Krieger, James H. Krieger, W. S. Andrus and Gerald Brown for Appellants. Thompson & Colegate and Robert D. Allen for Respondents. OPINION […]

Knudsen Creamery Co. v. Brock , 37 Cal.2d 485 [L. A. No. 21422. In Bank. June 29, 1951.] KNUDSEN CREAMERY COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA (a Corporation), Appellant, v. A. A. BROCK, as Director of Agriculture, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Vaughan, Bradlin & Wehrle, J. R. Vaughan and Pat B. Trapp for Appellant. Fred N. Howser and Edmund […]

Huffman v. Lindquist , 37 Cal.2d 465 [L. A. No. 21416. In Bank. June 29, 1951.] HILDA HUFFMAN, Appellant, v. DR. C. A. LINDQUIST et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Martin, Hahn & Camusi, William P. Camusi and Marion P. Betty for Appellant. Chase, Rotchford, Downen & Drukker, Chase, Rotchford, Downen & Chase, Hugh B. Rotchford, Richard […]

Cal. Home Extension Assn. v. Hilborn , 37 Cal.2d 459 [L. A. No. 21360. In Bank. June 29, 1951.] CALIFORNIA HOME EXTENSION ASSOCIATION (a Corporation), Appellant, v. BERT HILBORN, Respondent. COUNSEL Robert E. Austin, John N. Helmick and Joseph Seymour for Appellant. Jerome L. Richardson and George E. Jones for Respondent. OPINION EDMONDS, J. California […]

King v. Mortimer , 37 Cal.2d 430 [S. F. Nos. 18331, 18332. In Bank. June 28, 1951.] WESLEY KING, Appellant, v. FRANK C. MORTIMER, as Building and Loan Commissioner, etc., et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Morse Erskine, Alden Ames, Erskine, Erskine, Erskine & Tulley and Erskine, Pillsbury & Tulley, for Appellant. Sullivan, Roche, Johnson & Farraher […]

State v. Brotherhood of R. R. Trainmen , 37 Cal.2d 412 [S. F. No. 18003. In Bank. June 20, 1951.] STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. BROTHERHOOD OF RAILROAD TRAINMEN (an Unincorporated Association) et al., Respondents; DAVID T. LOCK, Intervener and Appellant. COUNSEL Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, and Herbert E. Wenig, Deputy Attorney […]

Estate of Dabney , 37 Cal.2d 402 [L. A. Nos. 21768, 21861. In Bank. June 19, 1951.] Estate of LOUISE E. DABNEY, Deceased, CLIFFORD R. DABNEY et al., Petitioners, v. MILTON H. PHILLEO, as Executor, etc., et al., Respondents. COUNSEL C. Paul Du Bois and John E. Sisson for Petitioners. Dolley, Knight, Woods & Hightower, […]

Green v. Brown , 37 Cal.2d 391 [L. A. No. 21601. In Bank. June 15, 1951.] THOMAS E. GREEN, Appellant, v. JAMES O. BROWN et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Jefferson & Jefferson, Bernard S. Jefferson and Martha Malone Jefferson for Appellant. Oscar S. Elvrum for Respondents. OPINION CARTER, J. Plaintiff and his wife, Etta Green, were […]

People v. Meichtry , 37 Cal.2d 385 [Crim. No. 5195. In Bank. June 5, 1951.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. JOSEPH EMAL MEICHTRY, Appellant. COUNSEL Morris Lavine for Appellant. Fred N. Howser and Edmund G. Brown, Attorneys General, and Donald D. Stoker, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION SHENK, J. The defendant appealed from a judgment […]

Hendershott v. Shipman , 37 Cal.2d 190 [L. A. No. 21227. In Bank. May 15, 1951.] LOYAL L. HENDERSHOTT et al., Respondents, v. BENJAMIN W. SHIPMAN et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Charles Murstein for Appellants. John F. Bender and Gizella M. Allen for Respondents. OPINION SHENK, J. The plaintiffs sued to quiet title to a lot […]

Bryant v. Industrial Acc. Com. , 37 Cal.2d 215 [Sac. No. 6175. In Bank. May 15, 1951.] JAMES G. BRYANT, as Director of Employment, et al., Petitioners, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION, Respondent. COUNSEL Fred N. Howser and Edmund G. Brown, Attorneys General, ChaS.W. Johnson, Irving H. Perluss, William L. Shaw and Vincent P. Lafferty, Deputy […]

People v. Osborn , 37 Cal.2d 380 [Crim. No. 5169. In Bank. June 5, 1951.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. CLAUDE L. OSBORN, Appellant. COUNSEL N. Lindsay South for Appellant. Fred N. Howser and Edmund G. Brown, Attorneys General, and Clarence A. Linn and Gail Strader, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent. OPINION SPENCE, J. Defendant was […]

Malloy v. Fong , 37 Cal.2d 356 [S. F. Nos. 18230, 18231. In Bank. June 1, 1951.] CLINTON MALLOY, a Minor, etc., Appellant, v. WILLIAM PETER FONG et al., Respondents. COUNSEL M. Mitchell Bourquin, Healy & Walcom, Jacobs, Blanckenburg & May and John J. Healy for Appellant. Clarence A. Linn, Robert W. MacDonald, Dan Hadsell, […]

Dribin v. Superior Court , 37 Cal.2d 345 [L. A. No. 21731. In Bank. May 29, 1951.] LOUIS DRIBIN, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent. COUNSEL Sam Houston Allen for Petitioner. Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel, and Wm. E. Lamoreaux, Deputy County Counsel, for Respondent. OPINION SCHAUER, J. Petitioner seeks by […]

People v. County of Santa Clara , 37 Cal.2d 335 [S. F. No. 18149. In Bank. May 28, 1951.] THE PEOPLE ex rel. ALBERT J. LEVIN, Respondent, v. COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA et al., Defendants; FRED A. WICKETT, Intervener and Appellant. COUNSEL Campbell, Hayes & Custer, Edwin J. Owens and Robert E. Hayes for Intervener […]

Brokaw v. Black-Foxe Military Institute , 37 Cal.2d 274 [L. A. No. 21508. In Bank. May 25, 1951.] ROBERT BROKAW, a Minor, etc., et al., Respondents, v. BLACK-FOXE MILITARY INSTITUTE et al., Defendants; HOLLYWOOD COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, INCORPORATED (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL Tripp & Callaway and Hulen C. Callaway for Appellant. Robert J. Sullivan and Lewis […]

People v. One 1941 Chevrolet Coupe , 37 Cal.2d 283 [L. A. No. 21780. In Bank. May 25, 1951.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. ONE 1941 CHEVROLET COUPE, ENGINE NO. AA430562 et al., Defendants; FRED W. GRAY COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL Macfarlane, Schaefer & Haun, William Gamble and E. J. Caldecott for Appellant. Sheppard, Mullin, […]

Greene v. Superior Court , 37 Cal.2d 307 [S. F. No. 18236. In Bank. May 25, 1951.] LUTHER GREENE, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Respondent. COUNSEL Canfield & Westwick and John A. Westwick for Petitioner. Sullivan, Roche, Johnson & Farraher, Heaney, Price, Postel & Parma and George Chadwick […]

Holbrook v. Board of Education , 37 Cal.2d 316 [S. F. No. 18263. In Bank. May 25, 1951.] C. RAY HOLBROOK, Appellant, v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE PALO ALTO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Respondents. COUNSEL K. R. McDougall for Appellant. Tanner, Odell & Taft, Robert A. Odell, Gardiner Johnson and Thomas E. Stanton, […]

Simone v. Sabo , 37 Cal.2d 253 [L. A. No. 21854. In Bank. May 18, 1951.] PAUL SIMONE, Respondent, v. VICTOR O. SABO, Appellant. COUNSEL Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and Sherman Welpton, Jr., for Appellant. Herbert Manasse, Arthur J. Crowley, Belli, Ashe & Pinney, Hirson & Horn, Crowley & Manasse, and Marion P. Betty for […]

Rains v. County of Contra Costa , 37 Cal.2d 263 [S. F. No. 18068. In Bank. May 18, 1951.] FLOYD A. RAINS, Appellant, v. COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Todd & Todd and Henry C. Todd for Appellant. Francis W. Collins, District Attorney, and Charles Hemmings, Deputy District Attorney, for Respondents. OPINION […]

Norris v. San Mateo County Title Co. , 37 Cal.2d 269 [S. F. No. 18081. In Bank. May 18, 1951.] HOMER A. NORRIS et al., Respondents, v. SAN MATEO COUNTY TITLE COMPANY (a Corporation), Defendant; EMIL J. RIBARSKY et al., Appellants. COUNSEL P. H. McCarthy, Jr., F. Nason O’Hara and Herbert S. Johnson for Appellants. […]

Guardianship of Walters , 37 Cal.2d 239 [L. A. No. 21052. In Bank. May 16, 1951.] Guardianship of the Person and Estate of ALLIE WALTERS, an Incompetent Person. CHARLES BOBST et al., Respondents, v. ALLIE WALTERS SACKS, Appellant. COUNSEL Bodkin, Breslin & Luddy, S. V. O. Prichard and Morris Lavine for Appellant. Ralph R. Sleeper […]

McCaslin v. Hamblen , 37 Cal.2d 196 [L. A. No. 21239. In Bank. May 15, 1951.] LOWRY B. McCASLIN, Appellant, v. STUART HAMBLEN et al., Respondents. [L. A. No. 21240. In Bank. May 15, 1951.] STERLING M. PAILING, Appellant, v. STUART HAMBLEN et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Robert E. Rosskopf, John F. Bender and Gizella M. […]

Stewart v. McCollister , 37 Cal.2d 203 [L. A. No. 21682. In Bank. May 15, 1951.] CECILE C. STEWART et al., Appellants, v. W. O. McCOLLISTER, Respondent. COUNSEL William N. Parker for Appellants. Early, Maslach, Foran & Tyler, Robert E. Early and John B. Connolly for Respondent. OPINION SPENCE, J. Plaintiffs appeal from a judgment […]