Category: 1952

Pockman v. Leonard , 39 Cal.2d 676 [S. F. No. 18349. In Bank. Oct. 17, 1952.] LEONARD T. POCKMAN, Petitioner, v. J. PAUL LEONARD, as President of San Francisco State College et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Wayne M. Collins for Petitioner. [39 Cal.2d 679] Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, H. H. Linney, Chief Assistant Attorney General, […]

Tolman v. Underhill , 39 Cal.2d 708 [Sac. No. 6211. In Bank. Oct. 17, 1952.] EDWARD C. TOLMAN et al., Petitioners, v. ROBERT M. UNDERHILL, as Secretary and Treasurer of the Regents of the University of California et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Stanley A. Weigel for Petitioners. Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, Eugene M. Prince and Francis […]

Fraser v. Regents of University of Cal. , 39 Cal.2d 717 [S. F. No. 18428. In Bank. Oct. 17, 1952.] RUSSELL A. FRASER, Petitioner v. THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Wirin, Rissman & Okrand, A. L. Wirin, Fred Okrand and Nanette Dembitz for Petitioner. Calkins Hall, Conard & Johnson, […]

People v. Kirkes , 39 Cal.2d 719 [Crim. No. 5341. In Bank. Oct. 17, 1952.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. LEONARD M. KIRKES, Appellant. COUNSEL W. P. Butcher, Canfield & Westwick and John A. Westwick for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Stanford D. Herlick, Deputy Attorney General, David S. Licker, District Attorney (Santa Barbara), […]

Bowen v. County of Los Angeles , 39 Cal.2d 714 [L. A. No. 22012. In Bank. Oct. 17, 1952.] MARJORIE A. BOWEN, Petitioner, v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Wirin, Rissman & Okrand, A. L. Wirin, Fred Okrand, Richard W. Petherbridge and Nanette Dembitz for Petitioner. Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel, Gerald […]

Hirschman v. County of Los Angeles , 39 Cal.2d 698 [L. A. No. 22035. In Bank. Oct. 17, 1952.] JUNE HIRSCHMAN et al., Appellants, v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Margolis & McTernan, John T. McTernan, William B. Murrish, Wirin, Rissman & Okrand, A. L. Wirin, Fred Okrand and Nanette Dembitz for […]

Lawrence Barker, Inc. v. Briggs , 39 Cal.2d 654 [L. A. No. 21947. In Bank. Oct. 10, 1952.] LAWRENCE BARKER, INC. (a Corporation), Respondent, v. WALTER M. BRIGGS, Appellant. COUNSEL Kenyon F. Lee, Thomas D. Mercola, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and Sherman Welpton, Jr., for Respondent. Richard Culbert Olson, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of […]

Atha v. Bockius , 39 Cal.2d 635 [S. F. No. 18445. In Bank. Oct. 9, 1952.] DOROTHY E. ATHA, Respondent, v. E. H. BOCKIUS et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Healy & Walcom and Leo J. Walcom for Appellants. Park Chamberlain for Respondent. OPINION SHENK, J. The plaintiff, purchaser of an automobile registered in California, brought this […]

Flores v. Brown , 39 Cal.2d 622 [S. F. No. 18460. In Bank. Oct. 9, 1952.] ANITA FLORES et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. ERNEST W. BROWN et al., Defendants and Appellants. MARIA ZAVALA, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. ERNEST W. BROWN et al., Defendants; JACK R. MURRAY, Appellant. COUNSEL James F. Boccardo, David S. Lull […]

Hamasaki v. Flotho , 39 Cal.2d 602 [L. A. No. 22006. In Bank. Oct. 9, 1952.] TOSHIO HAMASAKI, a Minor, etc., et al., Respondents, v. FRED W. FLOTHO, SR., et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Parker, Stanbury & Reese and Raymond G. Stanbury for Appellants. Culbert L. Olson, John H. Carter and Richard C. Olson for Respondents. […]

Holmberg v. Marsden , 39 Cal.2d 592 [S. F. No. 18645. In Bank. Oct. 7, 1952.] NORMAN J. HOLMBERG, Appellant v. ROBERT G. MARSDEN et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Desmond N. Bonnington for Appellant. James W. Harvey and Dorothy E. Handy for Respondents. OPINION SCHAUER, J. Plaintiff seeks to recover from defendants $5,000 furnished by plaintiff […]

Eli v. Murphy , 39 Cal.2d 598 [S. F. No. 18647. In Bank. Oct. 7, 1952.] JAMES ELI, a Minor, etc. et al., Respondents, v. LEO J. MURPHY et al., Defendants; CALIFORNIA MOTOR TRANSPORT COMPANY, LTD., Appellant. COUNSEL Clark & Heafey, Edwin A. Heafey, Rankin, Oneal, Luckhardt, Center & Hall, Augustin Donovan and Louis B. […]

Estate of Bloch , 39 Cal.2d 570 [L. A. No. 22069. In Bank. Sept. 25, 1952.] Estate of HELENE I. BLOCH, Deceased. SALLY GOLDBERG, Respondent, v. JULIUS J. BLOCH, Appellant. COUNSEL Frye & Yudelson and Collman E. Yudelson for Appellant. Samuel D. Robbins for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. This is an appeal from an order […]

People v. Southack , 39 Cal.2d 578 [Crim. No. 5321. In Bank. Sept. 25, 1952.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. EUGENE BENTLY SOUTHACK, Appellant. COUNSEL Bertram H. Ross for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Stanford D. Herlick, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION SCHAUER, J. Defendant was charged with murder, a jury found him […]

Chas. L. Harney, Inc. v. Contractors’ Bd. , 39 Cal.2d 561 [S. F. No. 18224. In Bank. Sept. 23, 1952.] CHAS. L. HARNEY, INC. (a Corporation), Appellant, v. CONTRACTORS’ STATE LICENSE BOARD et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Gardiner Johnson, Roy D. Reese and Thomas E. Stanton, Jr., for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and J. […]

People v. Burnett , 39 Cal.2d 556 [Crim. No. 5324. In Bank. Sept. 19, 1952.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. BRYAN K. BURNETT, Appellant. COUNSEL Edgar G. Langford and Everett H. Smith for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Dan Kaufmann, Deputy Attorney General, James Don Keller, District Attorney (San Diego), and Clifford L. Duke, Jr., […]

Liberty Mut. Ins. Co. v. Industrial Acc. Com. , 39 Cal.2d 512 [S. F. No. 18590. In Bank. Aug. 28, 1952.] LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION and GLENN W. DAHLER, a Minor, Respondents. COUNSEL Leonard, Hanna & Brophy and Edmund D. Leonard for Petitioner. Edmund J. Thomas, Jr., T. Groezinger, Robert […]

Fireman’s Fund Etc. Co. v. Industrial Acc. Com. , 39 Cal.2d 529 [S. F. No. 18591. In Bank. Aug. 28, 1952.] FIREMAN’S FUND INDEMNITY COMPANY, Petitioner, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION and ETHEL ELLIOTT, Respondents. COUNSEL Leonard, Hanna & Brophy and Edmund D. Leonard for Petitioner. Edmund J. Thomas, Jr., Robert Ball and Leonard Levy for […]

Thomas v. California Emp. Stab. Com. , 39 Cal.2d 501 [S. F. No. 18333. In Bank. Aug. 27, 1952.] JAMES F. THOMAS, Respondent, v. CALIFORNIA EMPLOYMENT STABILIZATION COMMISSION et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Fred N. Howser and Edmund G. Brown, Attorneys General, Irving H. Perluss, William L. Shaw and ChaS.W. Johnson, Deputy Attorneys General, for Appellants […]

People v. Cook , 39 Cal.2d 496 [Crim. No. 5305. In Bank. Aug. 26, 1952.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. WILLIAM EDWARD COOK, Appellant. COUNSEL John Connolly for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Frank Richards, Deputy Attorney General, and Don C. Bitler, District Attorney (Imperial), for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. Defendant was indicted for the […]

Leipert v. Honold , 39 Cal.2d 462 [L. A. No. 21850. In Bank. Aug. 13, 1952.] DENNY LEIPERT, a Minor, etc., et al., Respondents, v. BERNARD M. HONOLD et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Forgy, Reinhaus & Forgy, Arthur M. Bradley and S. M. Reinhaus for Appellants. Harvey, Rimel & Johnston and Fred D. Johnston for Respondents. […]

Cary v. Wentzel , 39 Cal.2d 491 [L. A. No. 22028. In Bank. Aug. 13, 1952.] GEORGE E. CARY et al., Respondents, v. LAWRENCE WENTZEL, Appellant. COUNSEL A. H. Brazil for Appellant. Kenneth J. Thayer and Dorsett M. Phillips for Respondents. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. At about 4 o’clock on the afternoon of December 26, 1948, […]

Rose v. Melody Lane , 39 Cal.2d 481 [L. A. No. 21984. In Bank. Aug. 13, 1952.] JACOB B. ROSE, Respondent, v. MELODY LANE OF WILSHIRE et al., Defendants; PIG’N WHISTLE CORPORATION, Appellant. COUNSEL Sidney A. Moss and Henry F. Walker for Appellant. David Schwartz and Merton L. Schwartz for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. This […]

Hill v. Estate of Westbrook , 39 Cal.2d 458 [L. A. No. 22227. In Bank. Aug. 12, 1952.] MINNIE HILL, Appellant, v. Estate of CHARLES WESTBROOK, Deceased, et al., Defendants; EDWARD J. WESTBROOK, as Administrator, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Emmett E. Patten and Glen A. Duke for Appellant. Hugh E. Macbeth and Hugh E. Macbeth, Jr., […]

Knell v. Morris , 39 Cal.2d 450 [L. A. No. 22142. In Bank. Aug. 12, 1952.] MAX KNELL et al., Appellants, v. RAY MORRIS et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Victor Ford Collins and Arnold M. Cannan for Appellants. DeForrest Home, Eugene Kelly, Desser, Rau, Christensen & Hoffman and William Christensen for Respondents. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. Plaintiffs’ […]