Category: 1954

Gross v. Superior Court , 42 Cal.2d 816 [L. A. No. 23046. In Bank. May 25, 1954.] WALTER FRANKLYN GROSS, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Ellery E. Cuff, Public Defender (Los Angeles County), under appointment by the Supreme Court, and Arthur J. Jaffe, Deputy Public Defender, for Petitioner. […]

Blotter v. Farrell , 42 Cal.2d 804 [L. A. No. 23084. In Bank. May 18, 1954.] FRANCIS C. BLOTTER et al., Appellants, v. CHARLES D. FARRELL, as Mayor, etc., et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Leonard A. Bock for Appellants. Thompson & Colegate, Roy W. Colegate, City Attorney (Palm Springs), and Jerome J. Bunker, Assistant City Attorney, […]

Stafford v. Shultz , 42 Cal.2d 767 [L. A. No. 22926. In Bank. May 11, 1954.] ELSAN H. STAFFORD, Appellant, v. ELLWOOD L. SHULTZ et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Elsan H. Stafford, in pro. per., for Appellant. Fulcher & Wynn, Highsmith & Allen and Bauder, Gilbert, Thompson & Kelley for Respondents. OPINION CARTER, J. Plaintiff appeals […]

Industrial Indemnity Co. v. Industrial Accident Commission , 42 Cal.2d 879 [L. A. No. 23082. In Bank. May 11, 1954.] INDUSTRIAL INDEMNITY COMPANY (a Corporation), Petitioner, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION and DOYLE WYATT, Respondents. COUNSEL Leonard, Hanna & Brophy and Edmund D. Leonard for Petitioner. Everett A. Corten, Gordon W. Winbigler and T. Groesinger for […]

Stafford v. L. A. etc. Retirement Board , 42 Cal.2d 795 [L. A. No. 23091. In Bank. May 11, 1954.] ELSAN H. STAFFORD, Appellant, v. THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT BOARD et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Elsan H. Stafford, in pro. per., for Appellant. Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel (Los Angeles), and Edward H. Gaylord, […]

R. E. Spriggs, Inc. v. Industrial Acc. Com. , 42 Cal.2d 785 [L. A. No. 23061. In Bank. May 11, 1954.] R. E. SPRIGGS, INC. (a Corporation) et al., Petitioners, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION and AUGUSTUS CHIARELLO, Respondents. COUNSEL Kearney, Scott & Clopton for Petitioners. Everett A. Corten and Gordon W. Winbigler for Respondents. OPINION […]

Finnegan v. Finnegan , 42 Cal.2d 762 [L. A. No. 22394.In Bank.May. 4, 1954.] LOUISE M. S. FINNEGAN, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. WILLIAM J. FINNEGAN, Defendant and Appellant. COUNSEL Jerry Giesler and Harold C. Holland for Plaintiff and Appellant. A. A. Goldstone for Defendant and Appellant. [42 Cal.2d 763] OPINION TRAYNOR, J. In 1943 plaintiff […]

Hauger v. Gates , 42 Cal.2d 752 [Sac. No. 6326. In Bank. Apr. 30, 1954.] CARSON J. HAUGER et al., Appellants, v. CHARLES E. GATES et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Joseph E. Isaacs, Alan H. Critcher, Donald M. Haet and Louis Garcia for Appellants. Edward T. Koford and Bryce Swartfager for Respondents. OPINION SPENCE, J. Plaintiffs […]

Younger v. Jordan , 42 Cal.2d 757 [S. F. No. 19052. In Bank. Apr. 30, 1954.] MILDRED YOUNGER, Petitioner, v. FRANK M. JORDAN, as Secretary of State, et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Grant B. Cooper for Petitioner. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Leonard M. Friedman, Deputy Attorney General, Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel (Los Angeles) and […]

Estate of Blair , 42 Cal.2d 728 [L. A. No. 22852. In Bank. Apr. 27, 1954.] Estate of ALFRED G. BLAIR, Deceased. PHOEBE L. BONNEN et al., Respondents, v. NAOMI BLAIR RUOFF et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Leon U. Everhart, Edward Payson Hart and Montgomery G. Rice for Appellants. Harry A. Pines, Adele Walsh and Roy […]

People v. Robinson , 42 Cal.2d 741 [Crim. No. 5528. In Bank. Apr. 27, 1954.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. HOWARD S. ROBINSON, Appellant. COUNSEL Howard S. Robinson, in pro. per., and Joseph T. Forno, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Elizabeth Miller, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. […]

Thomas v. Hunt Mfg. Corp. , 42 Cal.2d 734 [L. A. No. 23066. In Bank. Apr. 27, 1954.] HOWARD D. THOMAS, JR., Appellant, v. HUNT MANUFACTURING CORPORATION (a Corporation) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Donald C. McGovern, Todd W. Johnson, Edward D. Robertson, Gilbert E. Harris and Thomas C. Cannan for Appellant. Desser, Rau, Christensen & […]

Kipp v. Kipp , 42 Cal.2d 724 [L. A. No. 22649. In Bank. Apr. 27, 1954.] SOLON S. KIPP et al., Respondents, v. VIRGIL S. KIPP, Appellant. COUNSEL Virgil S. Kipp, in pro. per., Kipp & Gaskins and Paul E. Gaskins for Appellant. Solon S. Kipp and W. E. Starke, in pro. per., for Respondents. […]

Ellsworth v. Ellsworth , 42 Cal.2d 719 [L. A. No. 22906. In Bank. Apr. 20, 1954.] JACK HOWARD ELLSWORTH, Respondent, v. EVELYN JOSEPHINE ELLSWORTH, Appellant. COUNSEL John C. Campbell and W. Floyd Cobb for Appellant. John U. Edwards for Respondent. OPINION EDMONDS, J. Jack Howard Ellsworth has moved to dismiss the appeal taken by his […]

Melancon v. Superior Court , 42 Cal.2d 698 [L. A. No. 22883. In Bank. Apr. 16, 1954.] CLEMENT J. MELANCON, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent. COUNSEL Guy E. Ward and David B. Heyler, Jr., for Petitioner. Kenneth N. Chantry and David Mellinkoff as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner. Harold W. […]

Williams v. City of Long Beach , 42 Cal.2d 716 [L. A. No. 22888. In Bank. Apr. 16, 1954.] ARTHUR F. WILLIAMS et al., Appellants, v. CITY OF LONG BEACH, Respondent. COUNSEL Thomas P. Menzies, James O. White, Jr., and J. Merrill Lilley for Appellants. Irving M. Smith, City Attorney (Long Beach), Alfred D. Williams […]

Burr v. Sherwin Williams Co. , 42 Cal.2d 682 [L. A. No. 22868. In Bank. Apr. 16, 1954.] ROBERT BURR et al., Respondents, v. SHERWIN WILLIAMS COMPANY, Appellant. COUNSEL Ray W. Hays and James N. Hays for Appellant. W. R. Bailey, Wingrove & Brown, Meredith Wingrove and Lee G. Brown for Respondents. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. […]

Wilson v. Sharp , 42 Cal.2d 675 [L. A. No. 22980. In Bank. Apr. 13, 1954.] H. J. WILSON, Appellant, v. WILLIAM G. SHARP et al., Defendants; HAROLD W. KENNEDY, Respondent. COUNSEL John J. Guerin for Appellant. Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel (Los Angeles), John B. Anson and Arvo Van Alstyne, Deputy County Counsel, for […]

People v. California Central Airlines , 42 Cal.2d 877 [L. A. No. 22880. In Bank. Apr. 2, 1954.] THE PEOPLE, Appellant, v. CALIFORNIA CENTRAL AIRLINES (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL Everett C. McKeage and J. Thomason Phelps for Appellant. John W. Preston, Jr., for Respondent. OPINION OF THE COURT Memorandum THE COURT. This appeal is from […]

People v. Western Air Lines, Inc. , 42 Cal.2d 621 [L. A. No. 22881. In Bank. Apr. 2, 1954.] THE PEOPLE, Appellant, v. WESTERN AIR LINES, INC. (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL Everett C. McKeage and J. Thomason Phelps for Appellant. Guthrie, Darling & Shattuck, Hugh W. Darling, D. P. Renda, Donald K. Hall and Matthew […]

Taenaka v. State Board of Equalization , 42 Cal.2d 657 [L. A. No. 22903. In Bank. Apr. 2, 1954.] TOSHIKUNI TAENAKA, Respondent, v. STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Alexander Googooian, Deputy Attorney General, for Appellants. James K. Mitsumori for Respondent. OPINION CARTER, J. The State Board […]

People v. Wolfe , 42 Cal.2d 663 [Crim. No. 5532. In Bank. Apr. 2, 1954.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. JAMES FRANKLIN WOLFE et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Anthony J. Scalora, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Appellants. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Doris H. Maier, Deputy Attorney General, J. Francis O’Shea, District Attorney (Sacramento), and […]

People v. United Air Lines, Inc. , 42 Cal.2d 878 [S. F. No. 18900. In Bank. Apr. 2, 1954.] THE PEOPLE, Appellant, v. UNITED AIR LINES, INC. (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL Everett C. McKeage and J. Thomason Phelps for Appellant. Treadwell & Laughlin, Edward F. Treadwell, Reginald S. Laughlin, Colin C. Kelley, Mayer, Meyer, Austrian […]

Treu v. Kirkwood , 42 Cal.2d 602 [Sac. No. 6282. In Bank. Apr. 1, 1954.] FLORENZ TREU, Respondent, v. ROBERT C. KIRKWOOD, as State Controller, et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Wilmer W. Morse and Marcus Vanderlaan, Deputy Attorneys General, for Appellants. James H. Phillips for Respondent. OPINION EDMONDS, J. From 1947 […]

Price v. Atchison, T. & S. F. Railway Co. , 42 Cal.2d 577 [L. A. No. 22934. In Bank. Mar. 31, 1954.] ROY D. PRICE, Appellant, v. THE ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL Hildebrand, Bills & McLeod and D. W. Brobst for Appellant. Robert W. Walker, Frederic A. Jacobus […]