Category: 1952

Anderson v. Souza , 38 Cal.2d 825 [Sac. No. 6136. In Bank. Apr. 24, 1952.] ARVID G. ANDERSON et al., Respondents, v. JOHN J. SOUZA et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Donald B. Fowler and H. E. Gleason for Appellants. Brown, Brown & Bacon, Ralph M. Brown, William E. Bacon and T. M. Norton for Respondents. [38 […]

Hogan v. Ingold , 38 Cal.2d 802 [L. A. No. 21794. In Bank. Apr. 22, 1952.] GLADYS HOGAN, as Executrix, etc., Appellant, v. R. F. INGOLD et al., Respondents. COUNSEL McLaughlin & Casey for Appellant. [38 Cal.2d 805] Kenny & Morris and Robert W. Kenny, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Appellant. Flint & MacKay, […]

Klett v. Security Acceptance Co. , 38 Cal.2d 770 [Sac. No. 6170. In Bank. Apr. 17, 1952.] HAROLD A. KLETT, Appellant, v. SECURITY ACCEPTANCE COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Horace E. Dunning for Appellant. Wilke & Fleury, H. Nelson French, Sherman C. Wilke and Gordon A. Fleury for Respondents. OPINION SCHAUER, J. Plaintiff […]

Sei Fujii v. State of California , 38 Cal.2d 718  [L. A. No. 21149.In Bank.Apr. 17, 1952.] SEI FUJII, Appellant, v. THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL J. Marion Wright and Owen E. Kupfer for Appellant. A. L. Wirin, Fred Okrand and Will Maslow, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Appellant. [38 Cal.2d 720] Fred […]

Anderson v. Stansbury , 38 Cal.2d 707 [L. A. No. 21607. In Bank. Apr. 2, 1952.] JOHN P. ANDERSON et al., Appellants, v. BENJAMIN M. STANSBURY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL A. J. O’Connor for Appellants. Dunlap, Holmes, Ross & Woodson, Robert H. Dunlap, Kenneth A. Millard, O’Melveny & Myers and William W. Clary for Respondents. […]

California-Western States Life Insurance Company v. Industrial Accident Commission , 38 Cal.2d 880 [Sac. No. 6255. In Bank. Apr. 1, 1952.] CALIFORNIA-WESTERN STATES LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION, Respondent. COUNSEL Downey, Brand, Seymour & Rohwer, J. Richard Glade and Ralph R. Martig for Petitioner. Edmund J. Thomas, Jr., Robert Ball and Thomas […]

Bermite Powder Co. v. Franchise Tax Bd. , 38 Cal.2d 700 [L. A. No. 21446. In Bank. Mar. 28, 1952.] BERMITE POWDER COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent, v. FRANCHISE TAX BOARD, Appellant. COUNSEL Fred N. Howser and Edmund G. Brown, Attorneys General, James E. Sabine and Irving H. Perluss, Deputy Attorneys General, for Appellant. Arthur A. […]

Orella v. Johnson , 38 Cal.2d 693 [S. F. No. 18262. In Bank. Mar. 27, 1952.] M. J. ORELLA, Appellant, v. MAY JOHNSON et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Alfred J. Harwood for Appellant. J. Frank Murphy and Eugene J. Adams for Respondents. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. Plaintiff has appealed from a judgment for defendants entered after the […]

Hampton v. Superior Court , 38 Cal.2d 652 [L. A. No. 22086. In Bank. Mar. 25, 1952.] WILLIAM J. HAMPTON et al., Petitioners, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, W. TURNEY FOX, Judge thereof, et al., Respondents; HELEN YOUNG, Real Party in Interest. COUNSEL George L. Hampton for Petitioners. Ogden, Crocker & Steelman and […]

State Comp. Ins. Fund v. Industrial Acc. Com. , 38 Cal.2d 659 [S. F. No. 18366. In Bank. Mar. 25, 1952.] STATE COMPENSATION INSURANCE FUND et al., Petitioners, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION, PAUL J. HULL, Respondents. COUNSEL Donald Gallagher and Royle A. Carter for Petitioners. Edmund J. Thomas, Jr., T. Groezinger, Robert Ball, P. H. […]

Lerner v. Superior Court , 38 Cal.2d 676 [S. F. No. 18448. In Bank. Mar. 25, 1952.] BETTY F. LERNER, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN MATEO COUNTY, Respondent; CLARENCE F. LERNER, Real Party in Interest. COUNSEL Marvin E. Lewis, Goldstein, Lewis & Barceloux for Petitioner. Cosgriff, Carr, McClellan & Ingersoll and Frank V. Kington […]

Gantner v. Superior Court , 38 Cal.2d 688 [S. F. No. 18512. In Bank. Mar. 25, 1952.] VALLEJO GANTNER, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Respondent; NEILMA BAILLIEU GANTNER, Real Party in Interest. COUNSEL Morris Lowenthal and Juliet Lowenthal for Petitioner. Young, Rabinowitz & Chouteau and John E. Anderton […]

Gantner v. Gantner , 38 Cal.2d 691 [S. F. No. 18513. In Bank. Mar. 25, 1952.] NEILMA BAILLIEU GANTNER, Petitioner, v. VALLEJO GANTNER, Respondent. COUNSEL Young, Rabinowitz & Chouteau and John E. Anderton for Petitioner. Morris Lowenthal and Juliet Lowenthal for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. This action is a companion case to Gantner v. Superior […]

Conner v. Southern Pacific Co. , 38 Cal.2d 633 [Sac. No. 6232. In Bank. Mar. 21, 1952.] W. F. CONNER et al., Respondents, v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Glenn D. Newton for Appellants. Alfred E. Frazier and Duard F. Geis for Respondents. OPINION SCHAUER, J. Defendants appeal from an order […]

Southwestern Inv. Corp. v. City of L. A. , 38 Cal.2d 623 [L. A. No. 19306. In Bank. Mar. 21, 1952.] SOUTHWESTERN INVESTMENT CORPORATION (a Corporation), Appellant, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES, Respondent. COUNSEL Harold B. Cooper for Appellant. Ray L. Chesebro, City Attorney, John L. Flynn, Assistant City Attorney, and Weldon L. Weber, Deputy […]

Beck v. West Coast Life Ins. Co. , 38 Cal.2d 643 [S. F. No. 18117. In Bank. Mar. 21, 1952.] HERBERT BECK, as Administrator, etc., Appellant, v. WEST COAST LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY et al., Respondents; JETTIE KNOLL, Intervener and Respondent. COUNSEL Chas. I. Rosin for Appellant. Paul Friedman for Intervener and Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. […]

Wemyss v. Superior Court , 38 Cal.2d 616 [S. F. No. 18508. In Bank. Mar. 19, 1952.] EDWIN D. WEMYSS, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF COUNTY OF ALAMEDA, Respondent; INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS, CHAUFFEURS, WAREHOUSEMEN AND HELPERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL NO. 439, Real Party in Interest. COUNSEL Lafayette J. Smallpage, Carl M. Gould and Harold […]

Aetna Life Ins. Co. v. Industrial Acc. Com. , 38 Cal.2d 599 [L. A. No. 22103. In Bank. Mar. 18, 1952.] AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (a Corporation), Petitioner, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION, LEO V. NOWAK et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Sherman Welpton, Jr., Herlihy & Herlihy and M. A. Cornell, Jr., for […]

Parks v. Superior Court , 38 Cal.2d 609 [S. F. No. 18524. In Bank. Mar. 18, 1952.] REUBEN W. PARKS, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF ALAMEDA COUNTY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Robert H. Kroninger, Davis & Barber and Robert K. Barber for Petitioner. J. F. Coakley, District Attorney (Alameda), John J. Schauer, Jr., and Lloyd […]

Fredrickson v. Superior Court , 38 Cal.2d 593 [S. F. No. 18431. In Bank. Mar. 14, 1952.] MARIE MARGARET MASCHIO FREDRICKSON, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO et al., Respondents; CAREW AND ENGLISH, INC., Real Party in Interest. COUNSEL Sefton & Anderson and Seibert L. Sefton for Petitioner. Heller, […]

Estate of Lingenfelter , 38 Cal.2d 571 [Sac. No. 6131. In Bank. Mar. 14, 1952.] Estate of VIVIAN LINGENFELTER, Deceased. LENORE DeARMOND, Respondent, v. MADGE TUCKER et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, Hewitt & McBride and Gregory Harrison for Appellants. Robert W. Steel, Ray Manwell and Erling S. Norby for Respondent. [38 Cal.2d […]

People v. Aparicio , 38 Cal.2d 565 [Crim. No. 5250. In Bank. Mar. 11, 1952.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. JULIO T. APARICIO, Appellant. COUNSEL James C. Monroe and George H. Chula for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Frank Richards, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION SHENK, J. The defendant was charged with the […]

People v. Martinez , 38 Cal.2d 556 [Crim. No. 5276. In Bank. Mar. 7, 1952.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. AURELIO MARTINEZ, Appellant. COUNSEL Robert H. Haden, Public Defender, and Ben Curry, Jr., for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Dan Kaufmann, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. Defendant Aurelio Martinez was charged […]

People v. Dessauer , 38 Cal.2d 547 [Crim. No. 5269. In Bank. Mar. 7, 1952.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. ROBERT GENE DESSAUER, Appellant. COUNSEL Morris Lavine for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Stanford D. Herlick, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION CARTER, J. Defendant pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of […]

Hall v. Coyle , 38 Cal.2d 543 [L. A. No. 22152. In Bank. Mar. 7, 1952.] KENNETH W. HALL et al., Respondents, v. WILLIAM COYLE et al., Defendants; CLYDE TRUSS, Appellant. COUNSEL Raymond F. Feist and Henry F. Walker for Appellant. Charles B. Provence and Brooks Crabtree for Respondents. [38 Cal.2d 544] OPINION SHENK, J. […]