Category: 1951

City & County of S. F. v. Superior Court , 37 Cal.2d 227 [S. F. No. 18264. In Bank. May 15, 1951.] CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Dion R. Holm, City Attorney, and George E. Baglin, Deputy […]

Popejoy v. Hannon , 37 Cal.2d 159 [L. A. No. 21532. In Bank. May 11, 1951.] MAC WADE POPEJOY, Respondent, v. H. H. HANNON et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Sidney A. Moss and Henry F. Walker for Appellants. Rogers & Carnes and Byron R. Bentley for Respondent. OPINION EDMONDS, J. H. H. Hannon, S. F. Hannon […]

Beck v. Unruh , 37 Cal.2d 148 [L. A. No. 21293. In Bank. May 11, 1951.] MAX BECK, Respondent, v. IDA W. UNRUH et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Alfred L. Armstrong for Appellants. Charles I. Rosin for Respondent. OPINION SHENK, J. The plaintiff sought to quiet his title to real property in Los Angeles County. He […]

Schumm v. Berg , 37 Cal.2d 174 [L. A. No. 21830. In Bank. May 11, 1951.] JOHAN RICHARD WALLACE SCHUMM, a Minor, etc., Appellant, v. PHIL BERG et al., as Executors, etc., Respondents. COUNSEL Maurice Rose for Appellant. Loeb & Loeb, Gang, Kopp & Tyre, Keating Coffey, Robert E. Kopp and Milton A. Rudin for […]

Estate of Costa , 37 Cal.2d 154 [L. A. No. 21493. In Bank. May 11, 1951.] Estate of LUIGI COSTA, Deceased. LORENZO COSTA et al., Appellants, v. ROYAL S. RIDDLE, as Administrator, etc., et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Joseph D. Taylor for Appellants. Alfred F. Baughn for Respondents. OPINION SHENK, J. Luigi Costa, a resident of […]

Cason v. Glass Bottle Blowers Assn. , 37 Cal.2d 134 [L. A. No. 21143. In Bank. May 11, 1951.] ALFRED B. CASON, Respondent, v. THE GLASS BOTTLE BLOWERS ASSOCIATION etc., et al. (an Unincorporated Association), Appellants. COUNSEL V. P. Lucas for Appellants. J. Albert Woll, James A. Glenn, Herbert S. Thatcher and Charles P. Scully, […]

Cason v. Glass Bottle Blowers Assn. , 37 Cal.2d 134 [L. A. No. 21143. In Bank. May 11, 1951.] ALFRED B. CASON, Respondent, v. THE GLASS BOTTLE BLOWERS ASSOCIATION etc., et al. (an Unincorporated Association), Appellants. COUNSEL V. P. Lucas for Appellants. J. Albert Woll, James A. Glenn, Herbert S. Thatcher and Charles P. Scully, […]

City of Pasadena v. County of Los Angeles , 37 Cal.2d 129 [L. A. Nos. 21002, 21003. In Bank. May 11, 1951.] CITY OF PASADENA, Respondent, v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, Appellant. COUNSEL Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel, A. Curtis Smith, Assistant County Counsel, and John D. Maharg, Deputy County Counsel, for Appellant. H. Burton […]

In re Sprague , 37 Cal.2d 110 [L. A. No. 21677. In Bank. May 8, 1951.] In re ELIZABETH SPRAGUE. COUNSEL Elizabeth Sprague, in pro. per., for Appellant. Jerome B. Kavanaugh, District Attorney, and Theo. G. Krumm, Chief Deputy District Attorney, for Respondent. OPINION SHENK, J. This is an appeal from an order denying the […]

Parker v. Womack , 37 Cal.2d 116 [L. A. No. 21842. In Bank. May 8, 1951.] LORETTA MAY PARKER, Respondent, v. ROY A. WOMACK et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Ball, Hunt & Hart and Clarence S. Hunt for Appellants. Delmar W. Doddridge for Respondent. OPINION EDMONDS, J. Loretta May Parker is suing for damages assertedly caused […]

Foote v. State Bar , 37 Cal.2d 127 [Sac. No. 6162. In Bank. May 8, 1951.] GEORGE E. FOOTE, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL E. R. Vaughn for Petitioner. Jerold E. Weil for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. Petitioner is charged with professional misconduct in violation of sections 6067, 6068, 6103 and […]

Miller v. Peters , 37 Cal.2d 89 [L. A. No. 21849. In Bank. May 4, 1951.] EMILY MILLER et al., Appellants, v. CHARLES LUTHER PETERS et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Novack & Haberkorn and Henry F. Walker for Appellants. Guthrie, Lonergan & Jordan and Swing & Gillespie for Respondents. OPINION SPENCE, J. Plaintiffs sought damages for […]

Stein v. Simpson , 37 Cal.2d 79 [L. A. No. 21335. In Bank. May 4, 1951.] JACK R. STEIN et al., Respondents, v. RUSSELL BROWN SIMPSON, Appellant. COUNSEL Joseph D. Taylor and John W. Hill for Appellant. Cobb & Utley and Ernest R. Utley for Respondents. OPINION CARTER, J. This is an appeal from a […]

Estate of Wieling , 37 Cal.2d 106 [S. F. No. 17933. In Bank. May 4, 1951.] Estate of ANDREW WIELING, Deceased. DAVID LUCHSINGER, as Administrator, etc., Appellant, v. ANDREW WIELING, JR., as Executor, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Lorne M. Stanley and Douglas A. Pease for Appellant. Carlson, Collins & Gordon, Frederick Bold, Jr., and Harold F. […]

Dean v. Kuchel , 37 Cal.2d 97 [Sac. No. 6186. In Bank. May 4, 1951.] JAMES S. DEAN, as Director of the Department of Finance et al., Petitioners, v. THOMAS H. KUCHEL, as State Controller, Respondent. COUNSEL Frank K. Richardson, Ralph N. Kleps, Legislative Counsel, ChaS.W. Johnson, Chief Deputy Legislative Counsel, and Joseph W. Paulucci, […]

People v. Thomas , 37 Cal.2d 74 [Crim. No. 5201. In Bank. May 1, 1951.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. HENRY THOMAS, Appellant. COUNSEL Mark M. Brawman and George A. Tebbe, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Doris H. Maier, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION CARTER, J. […]

Fowler v. Key System Transit Lines , 37 Cal.2d 65 [S. F. No. 18282. In Bank. May 1, 1951.] JESSIE FOWLER, Appellant, v. KEY SYSTEM TRANSIT LINES (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL James G. Quinn, Jr., William H. Quinn and Max Radin for Appellant. Donahue, Richards, Rowell & Gallagher and Bryant M. Bennett for Respondent. OPINION […]

Gering v. Superior Court , 37 Cal.2d 29 [L. A. No. 21843. In Bank. Apr. 27, 1951.] EDWARD GERING, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Macbeth & Ford, Norman Macbeth and Patrick H. Ford for Petitioner. Zagon, Aaron & Sandler and Marvin Manuel for Respondents. [37 Cal.2d 30] OPINION […]

People v. Perkins , 37 Cal.2d 62 [Crim. No. 5205. In Bank. Apr. 27, 1951.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. CHARLES DAVIS PERKINS, Appellant. COUNSEL Richard L. Rykoff for Appellant. Fred N. Howser and Edmund G. Brown, Attorneys General, and Elizabeth Miller, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION SCHAUER, J. On this appeal from a judgment […]

Freedman v. The Rector , 37 Cal.2d 16 [L. A. No. 21344. In Bank. Apr. 27, 1951.] B. M. FREEDMAN, Appellant, v. THE RECTOR, WARDENS and VESTRYMEN OF ST. MATTHIAS PARISH OF LOS ANGELES (a Religious Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL Blase A. Bonpane and L. H. Phillips for Appellant. Steiner A. Larsen for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, […]

Landrum v. Severin , 37 Cal.2d 24 [L. A. No. 21829. In Bank. Apr. 27, 1951.] GEORGE W. LANDRUM et al., Appellants, v. CHARLIE MILLER SEVERIN, Respondent. COUNSEL Samuel Maidman and David H. Paltun for Appellants. Chase, Rotchford, Downen & Drukker and Richard T. Drukker for Respondent. OPINION EDMONDS, J. The appeal from a judgment […]

People v. Odle , 37 Cal.2d 52 [Crim. No. 5156. In Bank. Apr. 27, 1951.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. JOHN CALVIN ODLE, Appellant. COUNSEL Z. B. West and Morris Lavine for Appellant. Fred N. Howser and Edmund G. Brown, Attorneys General, and Frank Richards, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. This appeal is […]

People v. Newson , 37 Cal.2d 34 [Crim. No. 5136. In Bank. Apr. 27, 1951.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. JERRY NEWSON, Appellant. COUNSEL Edises & Treuhaft, Bertram Edises and Robert E. Treuhaft for Appellant. Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Deputy Attorney General, J. Frank Coakley, District Attorney, Laurence E. Dayton, Assistant District […]

People v. Kerr , 37 Cal.2d 11 [Crim. No. 5162. In Bank. Apr. 17, 1951.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. JOHN ALBERT KERR, JR., Appellant. COUNSEL William F. Docker and James H. Barstow for Appellant. Fred N. Howser, and Edmund G. Brown, Attorneys General, and Walter L. Bowers, Assistant Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION SCHAUER, J. […]

Bank of America v. Mundo , 37 Cal.2d 1 [L. A. No. 21444. In Bank. Apr. 3, 1951.] BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION (a National Banking Association), Petitioner, v. ARTHUR L. MUNDO, as Judge of Superior Court of San Diego County, Respondent. COUNSEL Holbrook & Tarr, W. Sumner Holbrook, Jr., and Francis […]