Category: 1954

In re Hallinan , 43 Cal.2d 243 [S. F. No. 19053. In Bank. July 9, 1954.] In re VINCENT W. HALLINAN for Disbarment of Member of State Bar of California. COUNSEL Dreyfus, McTernan & Lubliner and Benjamin Dreyfus for Petitioner. Gladstein, Andersen & Leonard, George R. Andersen, Norman Leonard, Charles R. Garry and James Martin […]

Clements v. T. R. Bechtel Co. , 43 Cal.2d 227 [S. F. No. 18632. In Bank. July 9, 1954.] ERNEST L. CLEMENTS et al., Appellants, v. T. R. BECHTEL COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Price, MacDonald & Knox and Orlando J. Bowman for Appellants. Royal E. Handlos for Respondents. OPINION CARTER, J. Plaintiffs […]

Paonessa v. State Bar , 43 Cal.2d 222 [L. A. No. 23031. In Bank. July 9, 1954.] RALPH D. PAONESSA, Petitioner, v. STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL Leonard Wilson and Robert P. Dockeray for Petitioner. Garrett H. Elmore, Karl F. Geiser and Jack A. Hayes for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. Petitioner, a member of […]

Vogel v. Thrifty Drug Co. , 43 Cal.2d 184 [L. A. No. 22924. In Bank. July 2, 1954.] DOROTHY VOGEL, Appellant, v. THRIFTY DRUG COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL Kenny & Morris and Eleanor V. Jackson for Appellant. Moss, Lyon & Dunn, Sidney A. Moss and Henry F. Walker for Respondent. OPINION SCHAUER, J. Plaintiff […]

Tevis v. City & County of San Francisco , 43 Cal.2d 190 [S. F. No. 18624. In Bank. July 2, 1954.] LIONEL TEVIS et al., Respondents, v. CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Dion R. Holm, City Attorney, Bernard J. Ward and Jack G. McBride, Deputy City Attorneys, A. Dal Thomson […]

Estate of Welch , 43 Cal.2d 173 [L. A. No. 22681. In Bank. July 2, 1954.] Estate of MYRTLE F. WELCH, Deceased. ARTHUR A. FAIRCHILD, Appellant, v. GERALDINE F. ADAMS, Respondent. COUNSEL Robert A. Jarrott and LeRoy Thomas for Appellant. Austin, Austin, Jones & Chaffee for Respondent. OPINION SPENCE, J. This is an appeal by […]

Parr-Richmond Industrial Corp. v. Boyd , 43 Cal.2d 157 [S. F. Nos. 18625,18626.In Bank.June 29, 1954.] PARR-RICHMOND INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION (a Corporation), Respondent, v. S. S. BOYD, as County Tax Collector, etc., et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Francis W. Collins, District Attorney (Contra Costa), Charles L. Hemmings, Deputy District Attorney, Thomas M. Carlson, City Attorney (Richmond), and […]

Bradner v. Vasquez , 43 Cal.2d 147 [L. A. No. 22715. In Bank. June 29, 1954.] ANN SMITH BRADNER, as Executrix, etc., Appellant, v. LEANDRO J. VASQUEZ et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Thomas A. Wood and Michael F. Shannon for Appellant. Burke, Williams & Sorensen and Landon Morris for Respondents. OPINION SPENCE, J. B. J. Bradner, […]

Schwartz v. Slenderella Systems of Calif. , 43 Cal.2d 107 [L. A. No. 22972. In Bank. June 25, 1954.] HARRY M. SCHWARTZ, Appellant, v. SLENDERELLA SYSTEMS OF CALIFORNIA, INC. (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL Samuel Maidman for Appellant. Newlin, Holley, Tackabury & Johnston and Hudson B. Cox for Respondent. [43 Cal.2d 109] OPINION EDMONDS, J. Harry […]

People v. Robinson , 43 Cal.2d 132 [Crim. No. 5580. In Bank. June 25, 1954.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. WILLIAM CLYDE ROBINSON, Appellant. COUNSEL Samuelson & Buck and Clarence Hengel for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and William E. James, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION SPENCE, J. Defendant and one Leon Wayne Schaefer […]

People v. Robinson , 43 Cal.2d 143 [Crim. No. 5579. In Bank. June 25, 1954.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. WILLIAM C. ROBINSON, Appellant. COUNSEL Andrew H. McConnell, Samuelson & Buck and Clarence Hengel for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and William E. James, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION SPENCE, J. In September, 1951, […]

Palmquist v. Mercer , 43 Cal.2d 92 [L. A. No. 22604. In Bank. June 25, 1954.] RICHARD L. PALMQUIST, Appellant, v. H. W. MERCER et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Fred N. Howser, Russell H. Pray and Eric A. Rose for Appellant. Parker, Stanbury, Reese & McGee and Richard E. Reese for Respondent Mercer. Ball, Hunt & […]

Livingston Rock etc. Co. v. County of L. A. , 43 Cal.2d 121 [L. A. No. 22991. In Bank. June 25, 1954.] LIVINGSTON ROCK AND GRAVEL COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Respondents, v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, Appellant. COUNSEL Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel, and Edward H. Gaylord, Deputy County Counsel, for Appellant. Denio, Hart, […]

Harrold v. Harrold , 43 Cal.2d 77 [Sac. No. 6317. In Bank. June 15, 1954.] ELLA E. HARROLD, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. ELLSWORTH HARROLD, Defendant and Appellant. COUNSEL David Livingston and Louis F. DiResta for Plaintiff and Appellant. Devlin, Diepenbrock & Wulff and A. I. Diepenbrock for Defendant and Appellant. OPINION SHENK, J. In this […]

Chastain v. Belmont , 43 Cal.2d 45 [L. A. No. 23097. In Bank. June 11, 1954.] A. W. CHASTAIN, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. FRANK BELMONT, Defendant and Appellant. COUNSEL Harvey, Rimel & Johnston and Fred D. Johnston for Plaintiff and Appellant. G. V. Weikert and S. B. Kaufman for Defendant and Appellant. OPINION CARTER, J. […]

Richards v. Stanley , 43 Cal.2d 60 [S. F. No. 18941. In Bank. June 11, 1954.] ROBERT RICHARDS, Appellant, v. MANFRED STANLEY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Frank J. Baumgarten and Harry N. Grover for Appellant. Clark & Heafey, Edwin A. Heafey, Gerald P. Martin and Belcher & Koller for Respondents. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. Plaintiff brought […]

Kingsbury v. Arcadia Unified School Dist. , 43 Cal.2d 33 [L. A. No. 23074.In Bank.June 11, 1954.] ALICE M. KINGSBURY, as Executrix, etc., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. ARCADIA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, Defendant and Appellant. COUNSEL Harold B. Pool for Plaintiff and Appellant. Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel (Los Angeles), and William E. Lamoreaux, Deputy County […]

People v. Thompson , 43 Cal.2d 13 [L. A. No. 22992. In Bank. June 11, 1954.] THE PEOPLE, Appellant, v. RALPH W. THOMPSON et al., Defendants; ALBERT E. METCALF et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Robert E. Reed, George C. Hadley, Herbert J. Williams, Albert J. Day, R. B. Pegram and John N. McLaurin for Appellant. [43 […]

Gallup v. Sparks-Mundo Engineering Co. , 43 Cal.2d 1 [L. A. No. 23070. In Bank. June 7, 1954.] RUTH ROBBINS GALLUP et al., Respondents, v. SPARKS-MUNDO ENGINEERING COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Defendants; C. O. SPARKS, INC. (a Corporation) et al., Appellants. [L. A. No. 23071. In Bank. June 7, 1954.] L. B. BROWN, Respondent, […]

Hayashi v. Lorenz , 42 Cal.2d 848 [L. A. No. 22493. In Bank. May 28, 1954.] HIROKO KAWAKITA HAYASHI et al., Appellants, v. W. H. LORENZ et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Morris Lavine for Appellant. Horton & Knox, Harry W. Horton and R. L. Knox, Jr., for Respondents. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. Plaintiffs appeal from an order […]

Guardianship of Kawakita , 42 Cal.2d 840 [L. A. No. 22281. In Bank. May 28, 1954.] Guardianship of the Persons and Estates of HIROKO KAWAKITA et al., Minors. HIROKO KAWAKITA et al., Appellants, v. W. H. LORENZ, as Guardian, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Morris Lavine for Appellants. Horton & Knox, Harry W. Horton and R. L. […]

People v. Baldwin , 42 Cal.2d 858 [Crim. No. 5512. In Bank. May 28, 1954.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. LEONARD J. BALDWIN, Appellant. COUNSEL Charles E. Ward, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Norman H. Sokolow, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION SCHAUER, J. Defendant pleaded not […]

Tyrell v. Committee of Bar Examiners , 42 Cal.2d 880 [L. A. No. 22940. In Bank. May 27, 1954.] JOHN RIX TYRELL, Petitioner, v. THE COMMITTEE OF BAR EXAMINERS et al., Respondents COUNSEL Donald G. Hall for Petitioner. Richard J. Archer for Respondents. OPINION OF THE COURT Memorandum THE COURT. John Rix Tyrell seeks to […]

Riave v. Committee of Bar Examiners , 42 Cal.2d 835 [S. F. No. 18759. In Bank. May 27, 1954.] LIONEL L. RIAVE, Petitioner, v. THE COMMITTEE OF BAR EXAMINERS et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Morse Erskine for Petitioner. Jerold E. Weil, Morrison, Hohfeld, Foerster, Shuman & Clark and Richard J. Archer for Respondents. [42 Cal.2d 836] […]

City of Los Angeles v. Belridge Oil Co. , 42 Cal.2d 823 [L. A. No. 22586. In Bank. May 26, 1954.] CITY OF LOS ANGELES, Appellant, v. BELRIDGE OIL COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL Ray L. Chesebro and Roger Arnebergh, City Attorneys, Bourke Jones, Assistant City Attorney, and James A. Doherty, Deputy City Attorney, for […]