Category: 1953

Henderson v. Drake , 42 Cal.2d 1 [S. F. No. 18871. In Bank. Dec. 31, 1953.] HENRY K. HENDERSON, Respondent, v. LILY ZELLERBACH DRAKE, Appellant. COUNSEL Erskine, Erskine & Tulley and J. Oscar Goldstein for Appellant. H. W. Glensor for Respondent. OPINION SCHAUER, J. Defendant appeals from an order denying her motion to dissolve an […]

McCarthy v. City of Manhattan Beach , 41 Cal.2d 879 [L. A. No. 22507. In Bank. Dec. 30, 1953.] NEIL S. McCARTHY et al., Appellants, v. CITY OF MANHATTAN BEACH, Respondent. COUNSEL Cosgrove, Cramer, Diether & Rindge, John N. Cramer, Leonard A. Diether and J. D. Barnum, Jr., for Appellants. Clyde Woodworth, City Attorney, Dunlap, […]

Phillips v. Phillips , 41 Cal.2d 869 [Sac. No. 6130. In Bank. Dec. 24, 1953.] ROSEMOND M. PHILLIPS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. GEORGE W. PHILLIPS, Defendant and Appellant. COUNSEL Athearn, Chandler, Hoffman & Angell, Reginald G. Hearn and Angell, Hearn & Adams for Plaintiff and Appellant. Chamberlain & Chamberlain, T. L. Chamberlain and F. L. […]

Pacific Home v. County of Los Angeles , 41 Cal.2d 844 [L. A. Nos. 22495-22497. In Bank. Dec. 23, 1953.] PACIFIC HOME (a Corporation), Appellant, v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Newby, Holder & Newby and Charles R. Newby for Appellant. Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel, Arvo Van Alstyne and Gordon Boller, […]

Pacific Home v. County of Los Angeles , 41 Cal.2d 855 [L. A. No. 22498. In Bank. Dec. 23, 1953.] PACIFIC HOME (a Corporation), Plaintiff and Appellant, v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES et al., Defendants and Appellants. COUNSEL Newby, Holder & Newby and Charles R. Newby for Plaintiff and Appellant. Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel, […]

Grant v. McAuliffe , 41 Cal.2d 859 [Sac. No. 6416. In Bank. Dec. 23, 1953.] WILLIAM R. GRANT, Appellant, v. FRANK H. McAULIFFE, as Administrator, etc., Respondent. [Sac. No. 6417. In Bank. Dec. 23, 1953] RUSSELL M. MANCHESTER, Appellant, v. FRANK H. McAULIFFE, as Administrator, etc., Respondent. [Sac. No. 6418. In Bank. Dec. 23, 1953.] […]

People v. Deloney , 41 Cal.2d 832 [Crim. No. 5485. In Bank. Dec. 22, 1953.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. WILLIE DELONEY, Appellant. COUNSEL Rodin, Nelson & Coffin and Robert R. Coffin for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Doris H. Maier, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. Defendant Willie Deloney was charged […]

People v. Wayne , 41 Cal.2d 814 [Crim. No. 5461. In Bank. Dec. 22, 1953.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. WILLARD WAYNE, Appellant. COUNSEL Harrison W. Call for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Assistant Attorney General, Wallace G. Colthurst, Deputy Attorney General, J. F. Coakley, District Attorney (Alameda), Richard H. Chamberlain, Assistant […]

Aetna Cas. etc. Co. v. Pacific Gas & Elec. Co. , 41 Cal.2d 785 [S. F. No. 18792. In Bank. Dec. 18, 1953.] THE AETNA CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant, v. PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Defendants; BECHTEL CORPORATION (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL Belli, Ashe & Pinney and Van […]

People v. Braddock , 41 Cal.2d 794 [Crim. No. 5513. In Bank. Dec. 18, 1953.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. RAYMOND M. BRADDOCK, Appellant. COUNSEL Isaac Pacht, Arthur F. Larrabee and Rudolph Pacht for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Michael J. Clemens, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION EDMONDS, J. Raymond M. Braddock was […]

People v. Silva , 41 Cal.2d 778 [Crim. No. 5534. In Bank. Dec. 17, 1953.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. JAMES FRANCIS SILVA, Appellant. COUNSEL Jerome A. Duffy and Morton R. Colvin for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Clarence A. Linn, Assistant Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION EDMONDS, J. While confined in San Quentin […]

Thorp v. Randazzo , 41 Cal.2d 770 [Sac. No. 6286. In Bank. Dec. 16, 1953.] MABEL THORP, Appellant, v. THOMAS J. RANDAZZO, as Executor, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL McAllister & Johnson, Chris D. Johnson, Walter C. Frame and Neil R. McAllister, Jr., for Appellant. Thomas J. Randazzo, in pro. per., and Donald B. Richardson for Respondent. […]

People v. La Macchia , 41 Cal.2d 738 [S. F. No. 18835. In Bank. Dec. 15, 1953.] THE PEOPLE, Appellant, v. PASQUALE LA MACCHIA et al., Defendants; RALPH B. FILICE et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Robert E. Reed, Holloway Jones, Jack M. Howard, Roger Anderson and Edward L. Doyle for Appellant. J. Oscar Goldstein, P. M. […]

In re Dixon , 41 Cal.2d 756 [Crim. No. 5171. In Bank. Dec. 15, 1953.] In re CHARLES AUGUSTUS DIXON, on Habeas Corpus. COUNSEL Franklin C. Stark, under appointment by Supreme Court, for Petitioner. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Clarence A. Linn, Assistant Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. After a trial before […]

BERGER v. O’HEARN , 41 Cal.2d 729 [S. F. No. 18539. In Bank. Dec. 15, 1953.] WILLIAM BERGER, Appellant, v. MAURICE O’HEARN, as Administrator, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL William Berger, in pro. per., W. L. A. Calder and Abraham Glicksberg for Appellant. [41 Cal.2d 731] Samuel L. Fendel, Sol Silverman, James A. Toner and William W. […]

People v. Building Maintenance etc. Assn. , 41 Cal.2d 719 [S. F. No. 18345. In Bank. Dec. 11, 1953.] THE PEOPLE, Appellant, v. BUILDING MAINTENANCE CONTRACTORS’ ASSOCIATION, INC., et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Assistant Attorney General, B. Abbott Goldberg, Deputy Attorney General, Thomas C. Lynch, District Attorney (San […]

People v. Decaillet , 41 Cal.2d 708 [Crim. No. 5520. In Bank. Dec. 1, 1953.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. HENRY FRANK DECAILLET, Appellant. COUNSEL Thomas E. Reynolds, Public Defender (Yolo), for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Doris H. Maier, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION SPENCE, J. This is an automatic appeal from […]

Martinez v. Martinez , 41 Cal.2d 704 [L. A. No. 22445. In Bank. Dec. 1, 1953.] LEONARD MARTINEZ, Respondent, v. JULIAN MARTINEZ, Appellant. COUNSEL George W. Trammell for Appellant. Alfred Einstein, V. Lustig, Stead & Boileau and Charles Stead for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. This action was brought to reform a written contract for the […]

Terry v. City of Berkeley , 41 Cal.2d 698 [S. F. No. 18585. In Bank. Nov. 25, 1953.] ERNEST TERRY, Respondent, v. CITY OF BERKELEY et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Fred C. Hutchinson, City Attorney, and Robert T. Anderson, Deputy City Attorney, for Appellants. Cornish & Cornish, Francis T. Cornish, Howard W. Wayne and Robert H. […]

Garcia v. Industrial Accident Com. , 41 Cal.2d 689 [L. A. No. 22835. In Bank. Nov. 13, 1953.] EVERARDO GARCIA et al., Petitioners, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Victor C. Rose, Eugene Marias, Herlihy & Herlihy and E. H. Herlihy for Petitioners. Edmund J. Thomas, Jr., T. Groezinger, Everett A. Corten, Edmund […]

Employers etc. Ins. Co. v. Industrial Acc. Com. , 41 Cal.2d 676 [L. A. No. 22765. In Bank. Nov. 13, 1953.] EMPLOYERS MUTUAL LIABILITY INSURANCE COMPANY OF WISCONSIN (a Corporation), Petitioner, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION and FRED E. GIDEON, Respondents. COUNSEL Spray, Gould & Bowers and C. W. Bowers for Petitioner. Keith, Creede & Sedgwick […]

Anglin v. Conway , 41 Cal.2d 683 [L. A. No. 22799. In Bank. Nov. 13, 1953.] M. H. ANGLIN, Respondent, v. ALLINE E. CONWAY, Appellant. COUNSEL Wallace & Cashin for Appellant. Donahue & Goldberg and R. C. Donahue for Respondent. OPINION SPENCE, J. Plaintiff, as assignee of eight separate claims for labor and services rendered, […]

Sokolow v. City of Hope , 41 Cal.2d 668 [L. A. No. 22812. In Bank. Nov. 10, 1953.] JEAN SOKOLOW et al., Appellants, v. CITY OF HOPE (a Charitable Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL Trope & Trope, Eugene L. Trope and Sorrell Trope for Appellants. Moss, Lyon & Dunn, Richard B. Coyle and Henry F. Walker for […]

McCracken v. Teets , 41 Cal.2d 648 [S. F. No. 18788. In Bank. Nov. 6, 1953.] HENRY FORD McCRACKEN, Appellant, v. H. O. TEETS as Warden, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL George H. Chula and James C. Monroe for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Clarence A. Linn, Assistant Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION SCHAUER, J. […]

Langley v. Pacific Gas & Elec. Co. , 41 Cal.2d 655 [S. F. No. 18859. In Bank. Nov. 6, 1953.] BERT LANGLEY, Respondent, v. PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY, Appellant. COUNSEL Robert H. Gerdes, Campbell, Custer, Warburton & Britton, W. R. Dunn and Austen D. Warburton for Appellant. Louis W. Myers, as Amicus Curiae on […]