Category: 1954

Estate of Resler , 43 Cal.2d 726 [S. F. Nos. 18686, 18768.In Bank.Dec. 31, 1954.] Estate of JACOB RESLER, Deceased. FAY LIEBERMAN RESLER et al., Appellants, v. LENORE ROOS et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Jefferson E. Peyser and Guernsey Carson for Appellants. Sullivan, Roche, Johnson & Farraher and James Farraher for Respondents. OPINION EDMONDS, J. Jacob […]

People v. White , 43 Cal.2d 740 [Crim. No. 5613. In Bank. Dec. 31, 1954.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. JOSEPH WHITE, Appellant. COUNSEL William B. Esterman and William B. Murrish for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Elizabeth Miller, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION CARTER, J. Joseph White was charged in count I […]

People v. Hallner , 43 Cal.2d 715 [Crim. No. 5627. In Bank. Dec. 10, 1954.] THE PEOPLE, Appellant, v. HERBERT HALLNER, Respondent. COUNSEL Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, William E. James, Deputy Attorney General, S. Ernest Roll, District Attorney (Los Angeles), Jere J. Sullivan and Simon L. Rose, Deputy District Attorneys, for Appellant. Bodkin, Breslin […]

Laubisch v. Roberdo , 43 Cal.2d 702 [L. A. No. 22513. In Bank. Dec. 7, 1954.] T. C. LAUBISCH, Respondent, v. MABEL ROBERDO et al., Defendants; LILY A. COWAN, Appellant. COUNSEL Ernest W. Pitney for Appellant. Glen Behymer and Robert E. Rosskopf for Respondent. OPINION EDMONDS, J. T. C. Laubisch, the purchaser of certain real […]

Peterson v. Robison , 43 Cal.2d 690 [S. F. No. 19061. In Bank. Dec. 3, 1954.] RICHARD A. PETERSON, Respondent, v. MERRITT DAVID ROBISON, JR., Appellant. COUNSEL Cosgriff, Carr, McClellan & Ingersoll, Luther M. Carr and Albert J. Horn for Appellant. Roy W. Seagraves for Respondent. OPINION SCHAUER, J. This action for “wrongful arrest and […]

Shoemake v. Wilsey , 43 Cal.2d 686 [Sac. No. 6483. In Bank. Dec. 3, 1954.] ERNEST SHOEMAKE, Appellant, v. PHYLLIS H. WILSEY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Burke & Rawles and John E. Nelson for Appellant. Mannon & Brazier, Irving M. Brazier and Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon for Respondents. OPINION SCHAUER, J. Plaintiff appeals from an […]

Shore v. Shore , 43 Cal.2d 677 [L. A. Nos. 23024, 23025.In Bank.Dec. 3, 1954.] ARCHIE B. SHORE, Respondent, v. ALBERTA MAE SHORE, Appellant. (Two Cases.) COUNSEL Siemon & Siemon and Alfred Siemon for Appellant. Kendall & Howell and William A. Howell for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. Archie B. Shore brought these actions to establish […]

Bird v. Kenworthy , 43 Cal.2d 656 [Sac. No. 6479. In Bank. Nov. 30, 1954.] W. W. BIRD, Appellant, v. C. V. KENWORTHY, Respondent. COUNSEL John G. Evans for Appellant. Rutherford, Jacobs, Cavalero & Dietrich and Stephen Dietrich for Respondent. OPINION EDMONDS, J. The appeal of W. W. Bird is from an adverse judgment in […]

People v. Davis , 43 Cal.2d 661 [Crim. No. 5618. In Bank. Nov. 30, 1954.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. GEORGE R. DAVIS, Appellant. COUNSEL John H. Marshall and Richard E. Erwin for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Norman H. Sokolow, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION SPENCE, J. Defendant, an osteopath, was charged […]

In re Williamson , 43 Cal.2d 651 [Crim. No. 5651. In Bank. Nov. 24, 1954.] In re ALEXANDER WILLIAMSON, on Habeas Corpus. COUNSEL L. G. Hitchcock for Petitioner. Joseph Maddux, District Attorney (Sonoma County), for Respondent. OPINION EDMONDS, J. Alexander Williamson, an inmate of the Sonoma County jail, by this proceeding in habeas corpus seeks […]

People v. De Paula , 43 Cal.2d 643 [Crim. No. 5616. In Bank. Nov. 23, 1954.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. ALBERT DE PAULA, Appellant. COUNSEL Prosecution for using a minor for purpose of transporting heroin. Judgment of conviction affirmed. Albert De Paula, in pro. per., and Herbert Grossman, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for […]

State Bar v. Langert , 43 Cal.2d 636 [S. F. No. 18981. In Bank. Nov. 16, 1954.] THE STATE BAR, Petitioner v. ELI DAVID LANGERT, Respondent. COUNSEL Garrett H. Elmore and Jack A. Hayes for Petitioner. Fitz-Gerald Ames, Sr., Jack H. Werchick and Harold A. Galloway for Respondent. OPINION EDMONDS, J. This original proceeding was […]

Nevis v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co. , 43 Cal.2d 626 [S. F. No. 19039. In Bank. Nov. 9, 1954.] ARTHUR NEVIS, Respondent, v. PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL Robert H. Gerdes, John J. Briare, J. J. Quill, Dana, Bledsoe & Smith and R. S. Cathcart for Appellant. M. F. Hallmark […]

Nelson v. Black , 43 Cal.2d 612 [S. F. No. 19045. In Bank. Oct. 29, 1954.] WARREN NELSON, Appellant, v. JOHN H. BLACK et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Leonard J. Bloom, James M. French, Kennedy & Bloom and Kenneth W. Larson for Appellant. Boyd, Taylor & Reynolds and M. K. Taylor for Respondents. OPINION EDMONDS, J. […]

County of Santa Clara v. Hayes Co. , 43 Cal.2d 615 [S. F. No. 19062. In Bank. Oct. 29, 1954.] COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA, Appellant, v. HAYES COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL Howard W. Campen, County Counsel (Santa Clara), and Donald K. Currlin, Assistant County Counsel, for Appellant. Campbell, Custer, Warburton & Britton, Austen D. […]

McDonald v. Superior Court , 43 Cal.2d 621 [S. F. No. 19085. In Bank. Oct. 29, 1954.] THORNTON McDONALD, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO et al., Respondents; CHRISTOPHER S. MIESEN et al., Real Parties in Interest. COUNSEL Keith, Creede & Sedgwick and Scott Conley for Petitioner. No appearance […]

Krieger v. State Bar , 43 Cal.2d 604 [L. A. No. 23205. In Bank. Oct. 29, 1954.] ARNOLD DAVID KRIEGER, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL Arnold David Krieger, in pro per., and Bernard Brennan for Petitioner. Garrett H. Elmore for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. The local administrative committee of The State […]

Erickson v. Gospel Foundation of Calif. , 43 Cal.2d 581 [L. A. No. 22542. In Bank. Oct. 29, 1954.] CLARENCE ERICKSON, Appellant, v. GOSPEL FOUNDATION OF CALIFORNIA (a Nonprofit Corporation) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL John W. Preston and Joseph Choate for Appellant. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Sherman Welpton, Jr., and Leslie G. Turner for Respondents. […]

Estate of Simpson , 43 Cal.2d 594 [L. A. No. 22914. In Bank. Oct. 29, 1954.] Estate of WILLIAM E. SIMPSON, Deceased. ROBERT C. KIRKWOOD, as State Controller, etc., Appellant, v. ETHEL M. SIMPSON, as Executrix, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL James W. Hickey, Chief Inheritance Tax Attorney, Walter H. Miller, Senior Inheritance Tax Attorney, and William […]

Signorelli v. Potter , 43 Cal.2d 541 [L. A. No. 23253. In Bank. Oct. 26, 1954.] ALFRED SIGNORELLI et al., Respondents, v. JAMES L. POTTER et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Conron, Heard & James and Calvin H. Conron for Appellants. Edward J. Trevey for Respondents. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. Plaintiffs brought this action to recover damages for […]

Ruggles v. Ruggles , 43 Cal.2d 547 [S. F. No. 18687. In Bank. Oct. 26, 1954.] HELEN M. RUGGLES, Appellant, v. WILLIAM G. RUGGLES, Respondent. COUNSEL L. L. James, Carl E. Day and Leander L. James III for Appellant. Theodore M. Monell and John H. Smissaert for Respondent. [43 Cal.2d 548] OPINION GIBSON, C.J. Appellant […]

People v. Simpson , 43 Cal.2d 553 [Crim. No. 5547. In Bank. Oct. 26, 1954.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. HENRY C. SIMPSON, Appellant. COUNSEL Norman Leonard, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Doris H. Maier and Frederick G. Girard, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent. OPINION CARTER, J. Henry […]

Georgison v. Georgison , 43 Cal.2d 550 [S. F. No. 18847. In Bank. Oct. 26, 1954.] MINNIE C. GEORGISON, Respondent, v. GEORGE GEORGISON, Defendant; HELEN GEORGISON, as Executrix, etc., Appellant. COUNSEL Crist, Stafford & Peters and John M. Brenner for Appellant. Forrest E. Macomber and Gordon J. Aulik for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. On January […]

People v. Jensen , 43 Cal.2d 572 [Crim. No. 5600. In Bank. Oct. 26, 1954.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. RICHARD JOHN JENSEN, Appellant. COUNSEL F. Walton Brown and Harold J. Ackerman, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Elizabeth Miller, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION EDMONDS, J. […]

County of Contra Costa v. Lasky , 43 Cal.2d 506 [S. F. No. 19070. In Bank. Oct. 22, 1954.] COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA, Respondent, v. FRANCES LASKY, Appellant. COUNSEL Gendel & Raskoff and Bernard Shapiro for Appellant. Frances W. Collins, District Attorney (Contra Costa), and David J. Levy, Deputy District Attorney, for Respondent. OPINION CARTER, […]