Category: 1954

Kennaley v. Superior Court , 43 Cal.2d 512 [S. F. No. 19071. In Bank. Oct. 22, 1954.] THOMAS H. KENNALEY, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN MATEO COUNTY, Respondent; FRANK D. HILL, Real Party in Interest. COUNSEL Sidney L. Berlin and Byron J. Snow for Petitioner. No appearance for Respondent. Hancock, Elkington & Rothert and […]

People v. Moore , 43 Cal.2d 517 [Crim. No. 5553. In Bank. Oct. 22, 1954.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. PATRICIA GALLAGHER MOORE, Appellant. COUNSEL Ward Sullivan, Dockweiler & Dockweiler and Frederick C. Dockweiler for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Norman H. Sokolow, Deputy Attorney General, S. Ernest Roll, District Attorney (Los Angeles), Jere J. […]

Skaggs v. City of Los Angeles , 43 Cal.2d 497 [L. A. No. 22977. In Bank. Oct. 22, 1954.] HEBER A. SKAGGS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES et al., Defendants and Appellants. COUNSEL Morris Lavine for Plaintiff and Appellant. Roger Arnebergh, City Attorney, Bourke Jones and John J. Tully, Jr., Assistant City […]

Gagne v. Bertran , 43 Cal.2d 481 [L. A. No. 23098. In Bank. Oct. 19, 1954.] ALFRED GAGNE et al., Respondents, v. BENJAMIN E. BERTRAN, Appellant. COUNSEL Wallace & Cashin, W. W. Wallace and Earl A. Everett for Appellant. Nicolas Ferrara for Respondents. [43 Cal.2d 484] OPINION TRAYNOR, J. The evidence in this case is […]

Adoption of Pior , 43 Cal.2d 472 [S. F. No. 19046. In Bank. Oct. 15, 1954.] Adoption of DONNA LYNN PIOR, a Minor, RALPH BENNETT et al., Appellants, v. DEPARTMENT OF WELFARE OF THE COUNTY OF FRESNO, Respondent. COUNSEL Ralph Moradian for Appellants. Elsie M. Farris and Elizabeth Cochran as Amici Curiae on behalf of […]

Estate of McLaughlin , 43 Cal.2d 462 [S. F. No. 18750. In Bank. Oct. 15, 1954.] Estate of DORSEY E. McLAUGHLIN, Deceased. MARIAN McLAUGHLIN SEYMOUR, Appellant, v. CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN et al., as Trustees, etc., Respondents. COUNSEL Martin Minney, Jr., Michael J. Cullen, Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, J. Arthur Leve and Leve, Hecht, Hadfield & […]

Adoption of McDonald , 43 Cal.2d 447 [L. A. No. 23105. In Bank. Oct. 15, 1954.] Adoption of PATRICIA McDONALD, a Minor. EDNA M. JAMES, Respondent, v. HOLY FAMILY ADOPTION SERVICE, Appellant. COUNSEL Herman F. Selvin, Clock, Waestman & Clock, Loeb & Loeb and Edward W. Sheridan for Appellant. Elsie M. Farris and Elizabeth Cochran […]

People v. Hedderly , 43 Cal.2d 476 [Crim. No. 5605. In Bank. Oct. 15, 1954.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. WILLIAM D. HEDDERLY, Appellant. COUNSEL Bernard C. Brennan, William E. Cornell and Harold Judson for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Alan R. Woodward, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION EDMONDS, J. William D. Hedderly […]

Estate of Macmillan , 43 Cal.2d 437 [L. A. No. 22752. In Bank. Oct. 15, 1954.] Estate of HERBERT R. MACMILLAN, Deceased. R. S. MACMILLAN et al., Appellants, v. ALICE M. DOCKWEILER, et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Guy Richards Crump and Wood, Crump, Rogers, Arndt & Evans for Appellant R. S. Macmillan. [43 Cal.2d 438] Ernest […]

Palmquist v. State Bar , 43 Cal.2d 428 [S. F. No. 19024. In Bank. Oct. 11, 1954.] J. ADRIAN PALMQUIST, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL Nathan G. Gray and Francis T. Cornish for Petitioner. Garrett H. Elmore for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. Petitioner asks this court to annul a resolution adopted […]

Ransom v. Penn Mutual Life Ins. Co. , 43 Cal.2d 420 [S. F. No. 19016. In Bank. Oct. 8, 1954.] LOIS M. RANSOM, Respondent, v. THE PENN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL Keesling & Keesling and Henry C. Clausen for Appellant. James F. Boccardo and Edward J. Niland for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, […]

In re Chapman , 43 Cal.2d 385 [Crim. No. 5588. In Bank. Sept. 8, 1954.] In re JACK CHAPMAN, on Habeas Corpus. COUNSEL Al Matthews for Petitioner. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and William E. James, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION SCHAUER, J. Petitioner was convicted of one count of first degree robbery (count […]

Schlyen v. Schlyen , 43 Cal.2d 361 [L. A. No. 22534. In Bank. Aug. 31, 1954.] SHIRLEY D. SCHLYEN et al., Appellants, v. ALICE HARRIET SCHLYEN, Respondent. COUNSEL Samuel W. Blum and M. Seaton Cohen for Appellants. Benjamin Elconin and Max Bergman for Respondent. OPINION SHENK, Acting C.J. Plaintiffs appeal from a judgment of dismissal […]

In re Floyd , 43 Cal.2d 379 [Crim. No. 5602. In Bank. Aug. 31, 1954.] In re DENZEL LEE FLOYD on Habeas Corpus. COUNSEL Joseph K. Robbins for Petitioner. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Chief Assistant Attorney General, G. A. Strader, Deputy Attorney General, James Don Keller, District Attorney (San Diego), and […]

Kirkwood v. Bank of America , 43 Cal.2d 333 [S. F. No. 18436. In Bank. Aug. 17, 1954.] ROBERT C. KIRKWOOD, as State Controller, Respondent, v. BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION (a Corporation), as Trustee, Appellant. COUNSEL George H. Koster and Bayley Kohlmeier for Appellant. James W. Hickey, Chief Inheritance Tax Attorney, […]

People v. Carmen , 43 Cal.2d 342 [Crim. No. 5286. In Bank. Aug. 17, 1954.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. RAYNA TOM CARMEN, Appellant. COUNSEL Mason A. Bailey and Leonard J. Bloom for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Assistant Attorney General, Winslow Christian, Wallace G. Colthurst and Arlo E. Smith, Deputy Attorneys […]

People v. Santo , 43 Cal.2d 319 [Crim No. 5564. In Bank. Aug. 11, 1954.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. JOHN A. SANTO et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Ward Sullivan and Al Matthews, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Appellants. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, William V. O’Connor, Chief Deputy Attorney General, S. Ernest Roll, District […]

Oliver v. Campbell , 43 Cal.2d 298 [L. A. No. 23132. In Bank. July 30, 1954.] JOHN OLIVER, Appellant, v. IVA LEE CAMPBELL, as Special Administratrix, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL William H. Neblett and Brett Smithers for Appellant. Clyde C. Shoemaker and Byron O. Smith for Respondent. OPINION CARTER, J. Plaintiff appeals from a judgment for […]

Dawson v. Goff , 43 Cal.2d 310 [L. A. No. 23175. In Bank. July 30, 1954.] DOROTHY C. DAWSON, as Special Administratrix, etc., et al., Appellants, v. CHARLES R. GOFF et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Warner, Jackson & Sutton, Ridgway Sutton and Caryl Warner for Appellants. McInnis & Hamilton, McInnis, Hamilton & Fitzgerald and John W. […]

In re Chessman , 43 Cal.2d 296 [Crim. No. 5632.–. July 29, 1954.] In re CARYL CHESSMAN, for Stay of Execution. COUNSEL Berwyn A. Rice for Petitioner. OPINION CARTER, J. An application has been presented to me for a stay of execution pending the determination of a petition for a writ of certiorari to the […]

Ablett v. Clauson , 43 Cal.2d 280 [L. A. No. 22756. In Bank. July 23, 1954.] CYRIL L. ABLETT et al., Respondents, v. ERNEST L. CLAUSON et al., Appellants. [L. A. No. 22757. In Bank. July 23, 1954.] ERNEST L. CLAUSON et al., Appellants, v. C. L. ABLETT et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Hiram T. Kellogg […]

Stanford v. Richmond Chase Co. , 43 Cal.2d 287 [S. F. No. 18990. In Bank. July 23, 1954.] URBAN C. STANFORD, Respondent, v. RICHMOND CHASE COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon for Appellants. James F. Boccardo and Edward J. Niland for Respondent. OPINION PEEK, J. pro tem. fn. * This […]

Dunn v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co. , 43 Cal.2d 265 [S. F. No. 18975. In Bank. July 20, 1954.] DOLORES DUNN, as Special Administratrix, etc., Appellant, v. PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL William B. Mead and Cyril Viadro for Appellant. Robert H. Gerdes, Carlson, Collins, Gordon & Bold, John Ormasa […]

Kesler v. Pabst , 43 Cal.2d 254 [S. F. No. 18997. In Bank. July 13, 1954.] BERTHA KESLER et al., Appellants, v. FRED W. PABST, Respondent. COUNSEL William A. Sullivan for Appellants. Melvin M. Belli, Myron L. Garon, Arthur Wasserman, Zeman, Hertzberg & Schekman, Samuel Schekman, Hirson & Horn, Theodore A. Horn, Pollock & Pollock, […]

Complete Serv. Bur. v. San Diego Med. Soc. , 43 Cal.2d 201 [L. A. No. 22535. In Bank. July 9, 1954.] COMPLETE SERVICE BUREAU (a Nonprofit Corporation) et al., Respondents, v. SAN DIEGO COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY (a Nonprofit Corporation) et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Brooks Crabtree, Peart, Baraty & Hassard, Gray, Cary, Ames & Frye, Howard […]