Category: 1952

Aetna Bldg. Maintenance Co. v. West , 39 Cal.2d 198 [L. A. No. 21876. In Bank. July 8, 1952.] AETNA BUILDING MAINTENANCE COMPANY, INC., Respondent, v. JAMES A. WEST, Appellant. COUNSEL A. V. Falcone and Arthur J. Manley for Appellant. Victor S. Cogen for Respondent. OPINION EDMONDS, J. For about three years, James A. West […]

People v. Ballentine , 39 Cal.2d 193 [Crim. No. 5307. In Bank. July 7, 1952.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. ROBERT THOMAS BALLENTINE, Appellant. COUNSEL Callaghan, Giannini & Anello and Raymond G. Callaghan for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Assistant Attorney General, and Wallace G. Colthurst, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION […]

Kelley v. Upshaw , 39 Cal.2d 179 [L. A. No. 22187. In Bank. July 7, 1952.] ALEXANDER R. KELLEY, Respondent, v. WILLIAM A. UPSHAW et al., Defendants; CODY W. HOWARTH, Appellant. COUNSEL John M. Davenport for Appellant. Sampson & Dryden and Jacob Swartz for Respondent. OPINION EDMONDS, J. Alexander R. Kelley loaned William A. and […]

Clark v. State Bar , 39 Cal.2d 161 [L. A. No. 22166. In Bank. June 30, 1952.] OLIVER O. CLARK, Petitioner, v. STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL John W. Preston for Petitioner. Edward Hervey and Jerold E. Weil for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. Petitioner Oliver O. Clark is charged in six counts with violation […]

Sexton v. Brooks , 39 Cal.2d 153 [L. A. No. 21983. In Bank. June 26, 1952.] MOLLIE SEXTON, Respondent, v. EVELYN SIMON BROOKS, Appellant. COUNSEL Moss, Lyon & Dunn, Gerold C. Dunn and Henry F. Walker for Appellant. Joseph A. Ball and Thomas F. McCarry for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. Plaintiff recovered a verdict for […]

Rosicrucian Fellow. v. Rosicrucian Etc. Ch. , 39 Cal.2d 121 [L. A. No. 19435. In Bank. June 20, 1952.] THE ROSICRUCIAN FELLOWSHIP (a Corporation) et al., Appellants, v. THE ROSICRUCIAN FELLOWSHIP NON-SECTARIAN CHURCH (a Corporation) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Rollin L. McNitt, Homer C. Compton and Edythe Jacobs for Appellants. Stewart, Shaw & Murphey, Luce, […]

People v. LeBeau , 39 Cal.2d 146 [Crim. No. 5275. In Bank. June 20, 1952.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. VERNON LeBEAU, Appellant. COUNSEL Thomas L. Berkley, Joseph G. Kennedy, Clinton Wayne White and Charles E. Wilson for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Assistant Attorney General, J. Frank Coakley, District Attorney (Alameda), […]

Allen v. Franchise Tax Board , 39 Cal.2d 109 [L. A. No. 21776. In Bank. June 17, 1952.] L. J. ALLEN, Respondent, v. FRANCHISE TAX BOARD, Appellant. COUNSEL Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, James E. Sabine and Edward Summer, Deputy Attorneys General, for Appellant. Harold E. Prudhon for Respondent. OPINION SHENK, J. The plaintiff brought […]

In re Lopez , 39 Cal.2d 118 [Crim. No. 5304. In Bank. June 17, 1952.] In re PAUL RAYMOND LOPEZ, on Habeas Corpus. COUNSEL Arthur D. Klang and Albert E. Polonsky for Petitioner. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Assistant Attorney General, Thomas C. Lynch, District Attorney (San Francisco), Cecil Poole, Assistant District […]

Cal.-Western etc. Ins. Co. v. Industrial Acc. Com. , 39 Cal.2d 104 [Sac. No. 6262. In Bank. June 10, 1952.] CALIFORNIA-WESTERN STATES LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION and CELESTINO AGUILAR, Respondents. COUNSEL Sidney L. Weinstock, H. Harold Leavey and J. Richard Glade for Petitioner. Edmund J. Thomas, Jr., Robert Ball and T. […]

Renner v. Huntington etc. Oil & Gas Co. , 39 Cal.2d 93 [L. A. No. 21759. In Bank. June 4, 1952.] WILVIAN JEWELL RENNER, Respondent, v. HUNTINGTON-HAWTHORNE OIL AND GAS COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Ben F. Griffith, Mize, Kroese, Larsh & Mize, and Newby, Holder & Newby for Appellants. Blodget, Morris & […]

Subsequent Etc. Fund v. Industrial Acc. Com. , 39 Cal.2d 83 [L. A. No. 22202. In Bank. May 29, 1952.] SUBSEQUENT INJURIES FUND OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Petitioner, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION and LOIS A. PATTERSON, Respondents. COUNSEL Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Stanford D. Herlick, Deputy Attorney General, for Petitioner. Edmund J. […]

Paterson v. Comastri , 39 Cal.2d 66 [S. F. No. 18092. In Bank. May 27, 1952.] JESSIE H. PATERSON, Appellant, v. ALCIDE COMASTRI et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Stanley Burke for Appellant. Alcide Comastri, in pro. per., Thomas P. Kelleher, Frank J. Fontes, Davis & Barber and Robert K. Barber for Respondents. James B. Abbey, and […]

Solon v. Lichtenstein , 39 Cal.2d 75 [L. A. No. 22157. In Bank. May 27, 1952.] FRANCES SOMMERFIELD SOLON, Appellant, v. ROSE LICHTENSTEIN, Individually and as Coexecutor, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Perry Bertram for Appellant. Fred W. Heatherly for Respondent. OPINION SPENCE, J. Plaintiff brought this action to establish a constructive trust in certain personal property […]

L. B. Laboratories, Inc. v. Mitchell , 39 Cal.2d 56 [L. A. No. 22214. In Bank. May 23, 1952.] L. B. LABORATORIES, INC. (a Corporation), Respondent, v. WALTER A. MITCHELL, Appellant. COUNSEL Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Balthis, Gordon F. Hampton and E. Talbot Callister for Appellant. Walter G. Danielson, H. Spencer St. Clair, Alva C. […]

Lazzarevich v. Lazzarevich , 39 Cal.2d 48 [L. A. No. 21990. In Bank. May 20, 1952.] JOHN L. LAZZAREVICH, Appellant, v. CATHERINE E. LAZZAREVICH et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Eugene L. Wolver for Appellant. Henshey & Beeman and Howard B. Henshey for Respondents. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. John Lazzarevich brought this action against Catherine Lazzarevich, his former […]

Panzich v. Gaylord , 39 Cal.2d 52 [L. A. No. 22111. In Bank. May 20, 1952.] JOHN PANZICH et al., Appellants, v. HENRY C. GAYLORD, Respondent. COUNSEL Sinclair & Baker and J. M. Sinclair for Appellants. Fleming, Robbins & Tinsman for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. Plaintiffs brought this action to recover damages for defendant’s alleged […]

In re Levi , 39 Cal.2d 41 [Crim. No. 5282. In Bank. May 19, 1952.] In re Troy M. Levi, on Behalf of EDDIE D. LEVI, on Habeas Corpus. COUNSEL David A. Fall for Petitioner. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Assistant Attorney General, and Winslow Christian, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION […]

Sutter Hospital v. City of Sacramento , 39 Cal.2d 33 [Sac. No. 6110. In Bank. May 14, 1952.] SUTTER HOSPITAL OF SACRAMENTO, Appellant, v. CITY OF SACRAMENTO, Respondent. COUNSEL Butler & Reckers and Stanley W. Reckers for Appellant. Musick & Burrell, Howard Burrell and James E. Ludlam as Amici Curiae on behalf of Appellant. Everett […]

Pfingsten v. Westenhaver , 39 Cal.2d 12 [L. A. No. 22263. In Bank. May 13, 1952.] LYMAN D. PFINGSTEN, Respondent, v. ROBERT E. WESTENHAVER, as Administrator, etc., Appellant. COUNSEL Early, Maslach, Foran & Tyler, George Maslach, Donald J. Pierr and John B. Connolly for Appellant. Daniel E. Farr, W. T. Stockman and Richard P. Roe […]

In re Katcher , 39 Cal.2d 30 [Crim. No. 5319. In Bank. May 13, 1952.] In re L. J. KATCHER, on Habeas Corpus. COUNSEL Samuel Reisman and Bertram H. Ross for Petitioner. S. Ernest Roll, District Attorney (Los Angeles), Jere J. Sullivan and Ralph F. Bagley, Deputy District Attorneys, for Respondent. [39 Cal.2d 31] OPINION […]

In re Barr , 39 Cal.2d 25 [Crim. No. 5317. In Bank. May 13, 1952.] In re Frances Barr, on behalf of GEORGE BARR, on Habeas Corpus. COUNSEL Coffey & Velasquez and Jack Coffey for Petitioner. Paolini & Paolini and Mario G. Paolini for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. On November 17, 1947, a final decree […]

Eberhardt v. Bass , 39 Cal.2d 1 [Sac. No. 6139. In Bank. May 7, 1952.] R. L. EBERHARDT et al., Appellants, v. ARTHUR C. BASS et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Rutherford, Jacobs, Cavalero & Dietrich, D. R. Jacobs and William H. Woodward for Appellants. Price, MacDonald & Knox, Mazzera, Snyder & DeMartini and Wallace W. Knox […]

Housing Authority v. City of L. A. , 38 Cal.2d 853 [L. A. No. 22211. In Bank. Apr. 28, 1952.] HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, Petitioner, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Faries & McDowell, McIntyre Faries, Stanley A. Furman, Leonard S. Janofsky, Loeb & Loeb and Herman F. […]

Drake v. City of Los Angeles , 38 Cal.2d 872 [L. A. No. 21998. In Bank. Apr. 28, 1952.] C. R. DRAKE et al., Appellants, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES et al., Respondents. COUNSEL G. G. Baumen, S. V. O. Prichard, Dockweiler & Dockweiler and Frederick C. Dockweiler for Appellants. Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel […]