Category: 1952

City of Culver City v. Superior Court , 38 Cal.2d 535 [L. A. No. 21826. In Bank. Mar. 3, 1952.] CITY OF CULVER CITY et al., Petitioners, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent. COUNSEL E. L. Searle for Petitioners. Fred N. Howser and Edmund G. Brown, Attorneys General, and Bayard Rhone, Deputy Attorney […]

Leonis v. Superior Court , 38 Cal.2d 527 [L. A. No. 21821. In Bank. Mar. 3, 1952.] JOHN B. LEONIS, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent. COUNSEL Edward R. Young, John F. O’Hara, John W. Shenk, III, and E. L. Searle for Petitioner. Fred N. Howser and Edmund G. Brown, Attorneys […]

City of Vernon v. Superior Court , 38 Cal.2d 509 [L. A. No. 21820. In Bank. Mar. 3, 1952.] CITY OF VERNON et al., Petitioners, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Carson B. Hubbard, City Attorney, Edward R. Young, John F. O’Hara and John W. Shenk, III, for Petitioners. Fred […]

Hostetter v. Alderson , 38 Cal.2d 499 [L. A. No. 21634. In Bank. Mar. 3, 1952.] HOMER J. HOSTETTER, Appellant, v. JOHN H. ALDERSON et al., Respondents. COUNSEL George E. Cryer and R. Alston Jones for Appellant. Ray L. Chesebro, City Attorney (Los Angeles), Bourke Jones, Assistant City Attorney, George William Adams and John F. […]

Blumer v. Kirkman Corporation , 38 Cal.2d 480 [S. F. No. 18461. In Bank. Feb. 21, 1952.] A. M. BLUMER, Respondent, v. KIRKMAN CORPORATION (a Corporation) et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Mason Bailey, Walker Peddicord and Alfred Nelson for Appellants. William H. MacKay for Respondent. [38 Cal.2d 482] OPINION EDMONDS, J. Kirkman Corporation and Kirkman Nurseries, […]

Stang v. City of Mill Valley , 38 Cal.2d 486 [S. F. No. 18485. In Bank. Feb. 21, 1952.] P. A. STANG et al., Appellants, v. CITY OF MILL VALLEY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Charles Reach for Appellants. Thomas C. Nelson, City Attorney (Mill Valley) for Respondents. Ray L. Chesebro, City Attorney (Los Angeles), Gilmore […]

Hixson v. Hixson , 38 Cal.2d 444 [L. A. No. 21943. In Bank. Feb. 21, 1952.] CLARANITA B. HIXSON, Appellant, v. ROBERT M. HIXSON, Respondent. COUNSEL Stanley N. Gleis for Appellant. Paul R. Hutchinson for Respondent. OPINION SHENK, J. The plaintiff wife has appealed on the judgment roll from a minute order in a divorce […]

Nichols v. McCoy , 38 Cal.2d 447 [L. A. No. 22173. In Bank. Feb. 21, 1952.] JAMES WILSON NICHOLS, Appellant, v. ROY GILBERT McCOY, Respondent. COUNSEL Royal M. Galvin and Daniel Schnabel for Appellant. Bauder, Gilbert, Thompson, Kelly & Veatch and Henry F. Walker for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. Plaintiff brought this action for the […]

Hale v. Bohannon , 38 Cal.2d 458 [Sac. No. 6096. In Bank. Feb. 21, 1952.] ROY L. HALE, Respondent, v. DAVID D. BOHANNON et al., Defendants; DOLLY VARDEN LUMBER COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL McEnerney & Jacobs, Garrett McEnerney II, Justin M. Jacobs, Kenneth D. Sevier and James Shaughnessy for Appellant. Woodman, Leddy & Sautter […]

Schnider v. State of California , 38 Cal.2d 439 [L. A. No. 21672. In Bank. Feb. 21, 1952.] LOUIS SCHNIDER et al., Appellants, v. STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL Reuben Rosensweig and Irl D. Brett for Appellants. Robert E. Reed, George C. Hadley, John N. McLaurin, Herbert J. Williams, Harry S. Fenton and Albert J. […]

Brown v. Overshiner , 38 Cal.2d 432 [L. A. No. 22185. In Bank. Feb. 20, 1952.] BEN H. BROWN, as Public Guardian, etc., Petitioner, v. CHAS. L. OVERSHINER et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel, and Lloyd S. Davis, Deputy County Counsel, for Petitioner. S. V. O. Prichard for Respondents. OPINION SHENK, J. […]

Youngstown Steel etc. Co. v. City of L. A. , 38 Cal.2d 407 [L. A. No. 21494. In Bank. Feb. 19, 1952.] THE YOUNGSTOWN STEEL PRODUCTS COMPANY, Appellant, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Chandler, Wright, Tyler & Ward and Oliver S. Northcote for Appellant. Ray L. Chesebro, City Attorney, Gilmore Tillman, […]

Gudarov v. Hadjieff , 38 Cal.2d 412 [L. A. No. 22095. In Bank. Feb. 19, 1952.] BORIS GUDAROV, Respondent, v. URDANKA HADJIEFF, as Executrix, etc., Appellant. COUNSEL Leon A. Plotnik, Fred J. Martino and Willebrandt, Zimmerman & Kelly for Appellant. Morris Lavine for Respondent. [38 Cal.2d 414] OPINION SCHAUER, J. Defendant appeals from a judgment […]

People v. Reed , 38 Cal.2d 423 [Crim. No. 5262. In Bank. Feb. 19, 1952.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. DIAMOND REED, Appellant. COUNSEL William T. Belcher, Jr., for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Assistant Attorney General, J. F. Coakley, District Attorney (Alameda) and John S. Cooper, Deputy District Attorney, for Respondent. […]

Tuttle v. Tuttle , 38 Cal.2d 419 [S. F. No. 18253. In Bank. Feb. 19, 1952.] EMMETT NORTON TUTTLE, Respondent, v. LILLIE ALMA TUTTLE, Appellant. COUNSEL Albert M. Hardie and Robert A. Kaiser for Appellant. Gardiner Johnson and Samuel C. Shenk for Respondent. OPINION EDMONDS, J. The marital rights of Emmett Norton Tuttle and Lillie […]

Benton v. Sloss , 38 Cal.2d 399 [L. A. No. 22125. In Bank. Feb. 15, 1952.] BEATRICE J. BENTON, a minor, etc., et al., Respondents, v. L. D. SLOSS, Appellant. COUNSEL McInnis & Hamilton and John W. McInnis for Appellant. Johnson & Johnson and Harry Ashfield for Respondents. Belli, Ashe & Pinney, as Amici Curiae […]

Estrada v. Alvarez , 38 Cal.2d 386 [L. A. No. 21515. In Bank. Feb. 8, 1952.] MARY ESTRADA et al., Appellants, v. BEN ALVAREZ, Respondent. COUNSEL Larweill & Wolfe and Charles W. Wolfe for Appellants. C. Paul Du Bois for Respondent. OPINION SCHAUER, J. Plaintiffs appeal from a judgment for defendant entered after a demurrer […]

Lenahan v. Poole , 38 Cal.2d 392 [Sac. No. 6224. In Bank. Feb. 8, 1952.] LAVONA LENAHAN, Respondent, v. EULA POOLE, Appellant. COUNSEL Hewitt & McBride and James R. McBride for Appellant. Ralph W. Rutledge, Robert E. Hatch and Richard E. Patton for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. This is an action for damages for personal […]

In re Collie , 38 Cal.2d 396 [Crim. No. 5261. In Bank. Feb. 8, 1952.] In re GILBERT F. COLLIE, on Habeas Corpus. COUNSEL Gilbert F. Collie, in pro. per., and Robert K. Barber, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Petitioner. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Clarence A. Linn, Assistant Attorney General, for […]

Hayes v. Richfield Oil Corp. , 38 Cal.2d 375 [L. A. No. 21982. In Bank. Feb. 7, 1952.] EDMUND HAYES et al., Respondents, v. RICHFIELD OIL CORPORATION (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL Moss, Lyon & Dunn, Gerold C. Dunn and Henry F. Walker for Appellant. Shacknove & Goldman and Ben F. Goldman, Jr., for Respondents. OPINION […]

Caffrey v. Tilton , 38 Cal.2d 371 [S. F. No. 18226. In Bank. Feb. 5, 1952.] RICHARD CAFFREY, Respondent, v. B. A. TILTON, Appellant. COUNSEL F. T. Leonetti for Appellant. Frank J. Baumgarten for Respondent. OPINION SHENK, J. The plaintiff is a resident of the city and county of San Francisco. The plaintiff sued the […]

Dorsey v. Barba , 38 Cal.2d 350 [S. F. No. 18369. In Bank. Feb. 4, 1952.] JOSEPHINE DORSEY et al., Appellants, v. VINCENT BARBA et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Theodore Golden, J. Bruce Fratis and Julius M. Keller for Appellants. James F. Galliano, C. Paul Paduck, Henry Teichert, Gerald P. Martin, Clark & Heafey, Edwin A. […]

Fleming v. State Bar of California , 38 Cal.2d 341 [L. A. No. 21916. In Bank. Feb. 1, 1952.] JOHN L. FLEMING, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL John W. Preston for Petitioner. John S. Chapman and Jerold E. Weil for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. The Board of Governors of The State […]

Libarian v. State Bar , 38 Cal.2d 328 [L. A. No. 22063. In Bank. Jan. 29, 1952.] MANASSEE STEPHEN LIBARIAN, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL Manassee Stephen Libarian, in pro. per., for Petitioner. Jerold E. Weil and Bertram L. Linz for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. The Board of Governors of the […]

State Rubbish etc. Assn. v. Siliznoff , 38 Cal.2d 330 [L. A. No. 22158. In Bank. Jan. 29, 1952.] STATE RUBBISH COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION (a Corporation), Appellant, v. JOHN W. SILIZNOFF, Respondent. COUNSEL John C. Stevenson and Lionel Richman for Appellant. Borah & Borah and Peter T. Rice for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. On February 1, […]