Category: 1952

Stout v. Democratic County Central Com. , 40 Cal.2d 91 [S. F. No. 18702. In Bank. Dec. 23, 1952.] GREGORY S. STOUT et al., Petitioners, v. DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE et al., Respondents; FITZGERALD AMES et al., Real Parties in Interest. COUNSEL Delany, Fishgold & Minudri, Molly H. Minudri and Manuel Furtado for Petitioners. Albert […]

Franck v. J. J. Sugarman-Rudolph Co. , 40 Cal.2d 81 [L. A. No. 22369. In Bank. Dec. 19, 1952.] GEORGE T. FRANCK et al., Respondents, v. THE J. J. SUGARMAN-RUDOLPH COMPANY (a Partnership) et al., Defendants; J. J. SUGARMAN et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Knight, Gitelson, Ashton & Habenbaugh, Alfred Gitelson and Leon Savitch for Appellants. […]

People v. Amaya , 40 Cal.2d 70 [Crim. No. 5363. In Bank. Dec. 17, 1952.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. DARIO AMAYA, Appellant. COUNSEL Ivan C. Sperbeck for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Assistant Attorney General, J. F. Coakley, District Attorney (Alameda), and Francis W. Vukota, Deputy District Attorney, for Respondent. OPINION […]

Madruga v. Superior Court , 40 Cal.2d 65 [L. A. No. 22511. In Bank. Dec. 17, 1952.] MANUEL S. MADRUGA, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Respondent.[40 Cal.2d 66] COUNSEL Levenson, Levenson & Block and Eli H. Levenson for Petitioner. Luce, Forward, Kunzel & Scripps for Respondent. OPINION SHENK, J. Coowners representing […]

Providence Baptist Church v. Superior Ct. , 40 Cal.2d 55 [S. F. No. 18648. In Bank. Dec. 12, 1952.] PROVIDENCE BAPTIST CHURCH OF SAN FRANCISCO (a Nonprofit Corporation) et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Respondent. COUNSEL Edward D. Mabson for Petitioners. Joseph E. Isaacs, Alan H. […]

Cal. Toll Bridge Authority v. Kuchel , 40 Cal.2d 43 [Sac. No. 6319. In Bank. Dec. 11, 1952.] CALIFORNIA TOLL BRIDGE AUTHORITY (a Corporation), Petitioners, v. THOMAS H. KUCHEL, as State Controller, Respondent; CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Intervener. COUNSEL Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, E. G. Funke, Assistant Attorney General, Ralph W. Scott, […]

Estate of Caravas , 40 Cal.2d 33 [Sac. No. 6166. In Bank. Dec. 2, 1952.] Estate of GERASIMOS CARAVAS, Deceased. SHELDON BRANDENBURGER, as Administrator, etc., Appellant, v. STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL Brandenburger & White and William A. White for Appellant. Harold I. Baynton, Assistant Attorney General, Frank J. Hennessy, United States Attorney, George B. […]

De Burgh v. De Burgh , 39 Cal.2d 858 [L. A. No. 21986. In Bank. Nov. 25, 1952.] DAISY M. De BURGH, Appellant, v. ALBERT RAYMOND De BURGH, Respondent. COUNSEL Max Fink, Jerry Rolston, Cyrus Levinthal and Leon E. Kent for Appellant. Donald Armstrong for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. Plaintiff Daisy M. De Burgh and […]

Donovan v. Superior Court , 39 Cal.2d 848 [L. A. No. 21859. In Bank. Nov. 21, 1952.] JOHN F. DONOVAN, an Incompetent, et al., Petitioners, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL John F. Donovan, in pro. per., and Aileen M. MacLymont for Petitioners. Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel (Los Angeles), […]

City of Culver City v. Superior Court , 39 Cal.2d 891 [L. A. No. 22311. In Bank. Nov. 21, 1952.] CITY OF CULVER CITY et al., Petitioners, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent. COUNSEL M. Tellefson, City Attorney, and E. L. Searle for Petitioners. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Howard S. Goldin, […]

FIREMAN’S FUND INDEM. CO. v. IND. ACC. COM. , 39 Cal.2d 831 [S. F. No. 18615. In Bank. Nov. 18, 1952.] FIREMAN’S FUND INDEMNITY COMPANY (a Corporation), Petitioner, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION, FRANK C. GREGORY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Keith, Creede & Sedgwick and Frank J. Creede for Petitioner. Edmund J. Thomas, Jr., T. Groezinger, […]

Keidatz v. Albany , 39 Cal.2d 826 [L. A. No. 22418. In Bank. Oct. 31, 1952.] ROBERT J. KEIDATZ et al., Appellants, v. LOUIS J. ALBANY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL D. Wendell Reid for Appellants. William T. Selby for Respondents. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. In this action to recover damages for fraud, plaintiffs alleged that they […]

Farole v. Eichman , 39 Cal.2d 822 [L. A. No. 22372. In Bank. Oct. 31, 1952.] EUGENE FAROLE, a Minor, etc., Respondent, v. CARL J. EICHMAN et al., Appellants. COUNSEL C. F. Jorz for Appellants. Paul W. Westerlund, George E. Atkinson, Jr., and John W. Pares for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. A bicycle upon which […]

Serve Yourself Gas etc. Assn. v. Brock , 39 Cal.2d 813 [L. A. No. 21968. In Bank. Oct. 31, 1952.] SERVE YOURSELF GASOLINE STATIONS ASSOCIATION, INC. (a Corporation) et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. A. A. BROCK, as Director of the Department of Agriculture et al., Respondents; URICH’S SERVE YOURSELF STATIONS, INCORPORATED (a Corporation) et […]

Stafford v. Realty Bond Service Corp. , 39 Cal.2d 797 [L. A. No. 21835. In Bank. Oct. 28, 1952.] GUY N. STAFFORD, Appellant, v. REALTY BOND SERVICE CORPORATION (a Corporation), Respondent. [L. A. No. 21836. In Bank. Oct. 28, 1952.] REALTY BOND SERVICE CORPORATION (a Corporation), Respondent, v. GUY N. STAFFORD, Appellant. COUNSEL Guy N. […]

Eads v. Marks , 39 Cal.2d 807 [L. A. No. 22357. In Bank. Oct. 28, 1952.] RAND EDISON EADS, a Minor, et al., Appellants, v. HARRY MARKS et al., Defendants; CREAMERIES OF AMERICA (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL Robert H. Green for Appellants. Jennings & Belcher and George M. Henzie for Respondent. OPINION CARTER, J. Plaintiffs, […]

Ward v. Jones , 39 Cal.2d 756 [L. A. No. 22092. In Bank. Oct. 24, 1952.] AILEEN MARY WARD et al., Appellants, v. A. B. JONES et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Richard L. Mayers and Lawrence William Steinberg for Appellants. Ray L. Chesebro, City Attorney (Los Angeles), Gilmore Tillman, Chief Assistant City Attorney, Wendell Mackay and […]

Sunset Milling & Grain Co. v. Anderson , 39 Cal.2d 773 [L. A. No. 22396. In Bank. Oct. 24, 1952.] THE SUNSET MILLING & GRAIN COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant, v. O. E. ANDERSON, Respondent. COUNSEL Forster & Gemmill, Stickney & Stickney, Edward Strop and Robert L. Meyer for Appellant. Charles B. De Long for Respondent. […]

Duprey v. Shane , 39 Cal.2d 781 [S. F. No. 18614. In Bank. Oct. 24, 1952.] IVA MAE DUPREY, Respondent, v. DOCTOR RAYMOND SHANE et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Newell J. Hooey, Robert L. Lamb and Herbert Chamberlain for Appellants. Paul I. Myers for Respondent. Partridge & O’Connell and Wallace O’Connell, as Amici Curiae on behalf […]

Grayhill Drilling Co. v. Superior Oil Co. , 39 Cal.2d 751 [L. A. No. 22492. In Bank. Oct. 21, 1952.] GRAYHILL DRILLING COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant, v. THE SUPERIOR OIL COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL Lee Combs and John Barry for Appellant. Hanna & Morton, Harold C. Morton, Edward A. Penprase, B. W. Burkhead and […]

Peterson v. Johnson , 39 Cal.2d 745 [L. A. No. 22050. In Bank. Oct. 21, 1952.] ARNOLD L. PETERSON et al., Respondents, v. RUSSELL F. JOHNSON et al., Appellants. COUNSEL John F Poole and Alvan M. Palmer for Appellants. Holbrook & Tarr and W. Sumner Holbrook, Jr., for Respondents. Ray L. Chesebro, City Attorney (Los […]

Richfield Oil Corp. v. Crawford , 39 Cal.2d 729 [L. A. No. 21956. In Bank. Oct. 21, 1952.] RICHFIELD OIL CORPORATION (a Corporation) et al., Appellants, v. WALTER M. CRAWFORD et al., Defendants and Respondents; MAURICE HENDERSON et al., Interveners and Respondents. COUNSEL Cree & Brooks, John Brooks, Marlon F. Schade, Griffith & Thornburgh, C. […]

Hanchett v. Lehman , 39 Cal.2d 890 [S. F. No. 18346. In Bank. Oct. 17, 1952.] EDWARD L. HANCHETT, Petitioner, v. RALPH H. LEHMAN, as Principal of the High School of Commerce et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Wayne M. Collins for Petitioner. Dion R. Holm, City Attorney (San Francisco), Walker Peddicord, Deputy City Attorney, Irving G. […]

Horowitz v. Conlan , 39 Cal.2d 889 [S. F. No. 18347. In Bank. Oct. 17, 1952.] JOHN HOROWITZ, Petitioner, v. LOUIS G. CONLAN, as President of San Francisco City College et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Wayne M. Collins for Petitioner. Benjamin Dreyfus, Francis J. McTernan, Jr., Norman Leonard, Jonathan Rowell, Laurence R. Sperber, William B. Murrish, […]

Bisno v. Leonard , 39 Cal.2d 888 [S. F. No. 18348. In Bank. Oct. 17, 1952.] HERBERT BISNO, Petitioner, v. J. PAUL LEONARD, as President of San Francisco State College et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Wayne M. Collins for Petitioner. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, H. H. Linney, Chief Assistant Attorney General, and Herbert E. Wenig, […]