Category: 1952

Zentz v. Coca Cola Bottling Co. , 39 Cal.2d 436 [S. F. No. 18456. In Bank. Aug. 6, 1952.] MARY E. ZENTZ, Respondent, v. COCA COLA BOTTLING COMPANY OF FRESNO (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL Ray W. Hays and James N. Hays for Appellant. L. Kenneth Say for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. Plaintiff was injured by […]

Norris v. Pacific Indemnity Co. , 39 Cal.2d 420 [L. A. No. 22066. In Bank. Aug. 5, 1952.] DAVID MORGAN NORRIS et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. PACIFIC INDEMNITY COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent; ZURICH GENERAL ACCIDENT AND LIABILITY INSURANCE COMPANY, Cross-Defendant and Appellant. COUNSEL Parker, Stanbury, Reese & McGee and Raymond G. Stanbury for Appellants. […]

D. L. Godbey & Sons Const. Co. v. Deane , 39 Cal.2d 429 [L. A. No. 22258. In Bank. Aug. 5, 1952.] D. L. GODBEY & SONS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant, v. BEN C. DEANE et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Glen Byhymer and Lewis M. Andrews for Appellant. Edmond Gattone for Respondents. Gardiner Johnson, ThoS.E. […]

Decter v. Stevenson Properties, Inc. , 39 Cal.2d 407 [L. A. No. 21965. In Bank. Aug. 5, 1952.] WILLIAM B. DECTER et al., Respondents, v. STEVENSON PROPERTIES, INC. (a Corporation) et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Ben Gould for Appellants. Averill C. Pasarow for Respondents. OPINION EDMONDS, J. By this proceeding for declaratory relief, William and Gerald […]

Scott v. Burke , 39 Cal.2d 388 [L. A. No. 22274. In Bank. Aug. 1, 1952.] DANIEL SCOTT, Appellant, v. HERMAN BURKE, Respondent. [L. A. No. 22275. In Bank. Aug. 1, 1952.] SAMUEL GERRY, Appellant, v. HERMAN BURKE, Respondent. COUNSEL Mark F. Jones and W. L. Engelhardt for Appellant in L. A. No. 22274. Knight, […]

McMahon v. State Bar , 39 Cal.2d 367 [L. A. No. 22062. In Bank. July 31, 1952.] JOHN J. McMAHON, Petitioner, v. STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL Jerold E. Weil, Byron O. Smith and Albert E. Wheatcroft for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT The petitioner, John J. McMahon seeks a review of a recommendation of […]

Ericksen v. Southern Pacific Co. , 39 Cal.2d 374 [S. F. No. 18478. In Bank. July 31, 1952.] OVE E. ERICKSEN, Respondent, v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL Dunne, Dunne & Phelps, R. Mitchell S. Boyd and A. B. Dunne for Appellant. Leo Fried and William P. Callahan for Respondent. OPINION SHENK, J. […]

Swift v. Superior Court , 39 Cal.2d 358 [S. F. No. 18503. In Bank. July 29, 1952.] JEAN SWIFT et al., Petitioners, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Anthony S. Devoto for Petitioners. Charles R. Collins, Morrison, Hohfeld, Foerster, Shuman & Clark and George F. Clinton […]

Mountain States Creamery Co. v. Tagerman , 39 Cal.2d 355 [L. A. No. 22231. In Bank. July 25, 1952.] MOUNTAIN STATES CREAMERY COMPANY, Respondent, v. GEORGE TAGERMAN, Appellant. COUNSEL David C. Marcus for Appellant. George Penney and Jean Wunderlich for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. Defendant Tagerman has appealed from a judgment against him, and his […]

People v. McCracken , 39 Cal.2d 336 [Crim. No. 5291. In Bank. July 22, 1952.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. HENRY FORD McCRACKEN, Appellant. COUNSEL George H. Chula, James C. Monroe and Kal W. Lines for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Frank Richards, Deputy Attorney General, James L. Davis, District Attorney (Orange), and Robert P. […]

Hansen v. Cramer , 39 Cal.2d 321 [L. A. No. 21902. In Bank. July 16, 1952.] E. C. HANSEN, Appellant, v. CAROLE CRAMER et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Marshall & Farnham, J. F. Marshall and Theodore G. Lee for Appellant. Parker, Stanbury, Reese & McGee and John H. Peckman for Respondents. OPINION SPENCE, J. Plaintiff appeals […]

Clifford v. Ruocco , 39 Cal.2d 327 [L. A. No. 22178. In Bank. July 16, 1952.] MARY R. CLIFFORD, Appellant, v. R. T. RUOCCO, Respondent. COUNSEL Edgar B. Hervey and Henry F. Walker for Appellant. McInnis & Hamilton and John W. McInnis for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. Plaintiff was given judgment upon a jury verdict […]

Estate of Adams , 39 Cal.2d 309 [L. A. No. 21872. In Bank. July 15, 1952.] Estate of LILLIAN T. ADAMS, Deceased. THOMAS C. KUCHEL, as State Controller, etc., Respondent, v. EDGAR G. HARKNESS, as Executor, etc., Appellant. COUNSEL Fleming, Robbins & Tinsman for Appellant. James W. Hickey, Morton L. Barker and Walter H. Miller […]

Watson v. Watson , 39 Cal.2d 305 [L. A. No. 22328. In Bank. July 14, 1952.] WILLIAM HENRY WATSON, Appellant, v. DOROTHY MARIE WATSON, Respondent COUNSEL G. G. Baumen for Appellant. Meserve, Mumper & Hughes and Leo E. Anderson for Respondent. [39 Cal.2d 306] OPINION SHENK, J. This is an appeal from a judgment of […]

Rodabaugh v. Tekus , 39 Cal.2d 290 [L. A. No. 22246. In Bank. July 14, 1952.] DESSIE S. RODABAUGH et al., Appellants, v. PAUL TEKUS, Respondent. COUNSEL Elmer R. Guy, Hirson & Horn and Theodore A. Horn for Appellants. Robert A. Cushman for Respondent. OPINION SPENCE, J. Plaintiffs, the widow and adult sons of Andrew […]

Chan v. Title Ins. & Trust Co. , 39 Cal.2d 253 [L. A. No. 22228. In Bank. July 11, 1952.] TAUL C. CHAN, as Special Administrator, etc., et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. TITLE INSURANCE AND TRUST COMPANY (a Corporation), Defendant and Appellant; MELVIN E. VAUGHAN, SR., et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Harry M. Irwin and […]

Fascination, Inc. v. Hoover , 39 Cal.2d 260 [L. A. No. 22232. In Bank. July 11, 1952.] FASCINATION, INCORPORATED (a Corporation), Respondent, v. EDWARD G. HOOVER et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Irving M. Smith, City Attorney (Long Beach), Philip J. Brady and John R. Nimocks, Deputy City Attorneys, for Appellants. Fred N. Howser for Respondent. OPINION […]

Gantner v. Gantner , 39 Cal.2d 272 [S. F. No. 18573. In Bank. July 11, 1952.] NEILMA BAILLIEU GANTNER, Respondent, v. VALLEJO GANTNER, Appellant. COUNSEL Morris Lowenthal and Juliet Lowenthal for Appellant. Young, Rabinowitz & Chouteau, Harry S. Young and John E. Anderton for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. Neilma and Vallejo Gantner were married in […]

Handler v. Board of Supervisors , 39 Cal.2d 282 [S. F. No. 18596. In Bank. July 11, 1952.] MARVIN HANDLER, Appellant, v. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF SAN MATEO et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Paul A. McCarthy and Howard Magee for Appellant. Louis B. DeMatteis, District Attorney, Keith C. Sorensen and John A. Bruning, […]

Masaoka v. People , 39 Cal.2d 883 [L. A. No. 21479. In Bank. July 9, 1952.] HARUYE MASAOKA et al., Respondents, v. THE PEOPLE, Appellant. COUNSEL Fred N. Howser and Edmund G. Brown, Attorneys General, Everett W. Mattoon, Assistant Attorney General, and John F. Hassler, Jr., Deputy Attorney General, for Appellant. James C. Purcell, William […]

Kuchel v. Tolhurst , 39 Cal.2d 224 [L. A. No. 22060. In Bank. July 9, 1952.] THOMAS H. KUCHEL, as State Controller, etc., Appellant, v. SHELLEY ROLLINS TOLHURST, Respondent. COUNSEL James W. Hickey, Chief Inheritance Tax Attorney, Morton L. Barker, Senior Inheritance Tax Attorney, and Betty Jo Sheldon, Associate Inheritance Tax Attorney, for Appellant. R. […]

People v. Evans , 39 Cal.2d 242 [Crim. No. 5308. In Bank. July 9, 1952.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. JOHN W. EVANS, JR., Appellant. COUNSEL Popper & Burnstein, Fred B. Hart and Robert H. Kroninger for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Assistant Attorney General, and David K. Lener, Deputy Attorney General, […]

People v. Gilliam , 39 Cal.2d 235 [Crim. No. 5300. In Bank. July 9, 1952.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. BERNARD GILLIAM, Appellant. COUNSEL Floyd H. Hyde and Alfred Thomas for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Assistant Attorney General, and Wallace G. Colthurst, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION SHENK, J. This […]

Green v. Gordon , 39 Cal.2d 230 [S. F. No. 18523. In Bank. July 9, 1952.] JOHN D. GREEN, Appellant, v. WALTER A. GORDON et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Elizabeth Cassidy for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and David K. Lener, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondents. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. In 1932, petitioner was convicted of […]

American Enterprise, Inc. v. Van Winkle , 39 Cal.2d 210 [S. F. No. 18261. In Bank. July 8, 1952.] AMERICAN ENTERPRISE, INC. (a Corporation), Appellant, v. WALTER S. VAN WINKLE, Respondent. COUNSEL Donahue, Richards, Rowell & Gallagher and George E. Thomas for Appellant. Mancuso, Herron & Winn and John Wayne Herron for Respondent. OPINION EDMONDS, […]