Category: 1954

People v. Baker , 42 Cal.2d 550 [Crim. No. 5535. In Bank. Mar. 26, 1954.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. WILBERT BERNARD BAKER, Appellant. COUNSEL Henry E. Bianchi for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and James D. Loebl, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. Defendant Wilbert Baker was charged by information with the […]

Cal. Mfrs. Assn. v. Public Utilities Com. , 42 Cal.2d 530 [S. F. No. 18796. In Bank. Mar. 19, 1954.] CALIFORNIA MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION (a Corporation), Petitioner, v. PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Jesse H. Steinhart, John J. Goldberg and Charles E. Hanger for Petitioner. Everett C. McKeage and Boris H. Lakusta for Respondent. Arlo […]

People v. Jackson , 42 Cal.2d 540 [Crim. No. 5542. In Bank. Mar. 19, 1954.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. CHESTER JACKSON, Appellant. COUNSEL Jerome Weber, Hy Ginsberg, Theodore Flier and Jess Whitehill for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Norman H. Sokolow, Deputy Attorney General, S. Ernest Roll, District Attorney (Los Angeles), and Robert Wheeler, […]

People v. Millum , 42 Cal.2d 524 [Crim. No. 5554. In Bank. Mar. 16, 1954.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. PAUL EDWARD MILLUM, Appellant. COUNSEL Gladys Towles Root and Herbert Grossman for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Norman H. Sokolow, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION SPENCE, J. Defendant was charged with violation of […]

Pickens v. Superior Court , 42 Cal.2d 873 [Sac. No. 6350. In Bank. Mar. 1, 1954.] LAWRENCE L. PICKENS et al., Petitioners, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF SACRAMENTO COUNTY, Respondent. COUNSEL F. H. Bowers and Thomas F. Sargent for Petitioners. McAllister & Johnson and Walter C. Frame for Respondent. [42 Cal.2d 874] OPINION OF THE COURT […]

Carroll v. Superior Court , 42 Cal.2d 874 [S. F. No. 18771. In Bank. Mar. 12, 1954.] FRANCIS CARROLL, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Respondent; DONALD E. PRESLEY, Real Party in Interest. COUNSEL Landels & Weigel and Stanley A. Weigel for Petitioner. No appearance for Respondent. Dan […]

Holm v. Superior Court , 42 Cal.2d 500 [S. F. No. 18781. In Bank. Mar. 12, 1954.] DION R. HOLM, City Attorney, etc., et al., Petitioners, v. SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Respondent; WYNONA BELL, Real Party in Interest. COUNSEL Dion R. Holm, City Attorney (San Francisco) and Donald J. […]

Zuckerman v. Underwriters at Lloyd’s , 42 Cal.2d 460 [L. A. No. 22668. In Bank. Mar. 12, 1954.] EDWARD K. ZUCKERMAN et al., Appellants, v. UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYD’S, LONDON (an Association), Respondent. COUNSEL Francis J. Gabel and Henry F. Walker for Appellants. Adams, Duque, Davis & Hazeltine and Waller Taylor II, for Respondent. OPINION EDMONDS, […]

Thompson v. Lacey , 42 Cal.2d 443 [L. A. No. 22890. In Bank. Mar. 5, 1954.] GUDRUN S. THOMPSON, as Administratrix, etc., Appellant, v. SHERMAN LACEY, as Administrator, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Luce, Forward, Kunzel & Scripps and Edgar A. Luce, Jr., for Appellant. Gray, Cary, Ames & Frye, Ward W. Waddell, Jr., and Alfred S. […]

Armenta v. Churchill , 42 Cal.2d 448 [L. A. No. 22902. In Bank. Mar. 5, 1954.] AURELIA ARMENTA et al., Appellants, v. DALE CHURCHILL et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Victor C. Rose and Alfred M. Klein for Appellants. Parker, Stanbury, Reese & McGee and Raymond G. Stanbury for Respondents. OPINION SPENCE, J. Plaintiffs, the widow and […]

Hall v. Hall , 42 Cal.2d 435 [L. A. No. 22517. In Bank. Mar. 4, 1954.] GERTRUDE M. HALL, Respondent, v. PEIRSON M. HALL, Appellant. COUNSEL Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Balthis, James C. Sheppard and Richard B. Hoegh for Appellant. Moore, Trinkaus & Binns and Henry T. Moore for Respondent. OPINION EDMONDS, J. Peirson Hall […]

Pickens v. Johnson , 42 Cal.2d 399 [Sac. No. 6378. In Bank. Mar. 1, 1954.] LAWRENCE L. PICKENS et al., Appellants, v. FRED C. JOHNSON et al., Respondents. FRED C. JOHNSON et al., Respondents, v. LAWRENCE L. PICKENS et al., Appellants. COUNSEL F. H. Bowers and Thomas F. Sargent for Appellants. McAllister & Johnson and […]

Harless v. Carter , 42 Cal.2d 352 [L. A. No. 22469. In Bank. Mar. 1, 1954.] BETTY HARLESS, Appellant, v. ARMISTEAD B. CARTER, Respondent. COUNSEL John F. Bender and Gizella L. Allen for Appellant. Solon S. Kipp and W. E. Starke for Respondent. OPINION EDMONDS, J. Betty Harless, the holder of an unforeclosed street improvement […]

People v. McGarry , 42 Cal.2d 429 [Crim. No. 5523. In Bank. Mar. 1, 1954.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. CHARLES LEO McGARRY, Appellant. COUNSEL Ellery E. Cuff, Public Defender (Los Angeles) and Noel B. Martin, Deputy Public Defender, for Appellant. fn. * Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Alan R. Woodard, Deputy Attorney General, for […]

Osborn v. Osborn , 42 Cal.2d 358 [L. A. No. 22540. In Bank. Mar. 1, 1954.] MERINOETH R. OSBORN, Appellant, v. LOUISE L. OSBORN, Respondent. COUNSEL Guerin & Guerin and John J. Guerin for Appellant. Louis Warren for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. Plaintiff Merinoeth Osborn appeals from an adverse judgment on his complaint to quiet […]

Meyer v. State Board of Equalization , 42 Cal.2d 376 [Sac. No. 6273. In Bank. Mar. 1, 1954.] H. L. E. MEYER, JR., et al., Respondents, v. STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION, Appellant. COUNSEL Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, James E. Sabine and Irving H. Perluss, Assistant Attorneys General, and Norman B. Peek, Deputy Attorney General, […]

People v. Weitz , 42 Cal.2d 338 [Crim. No. 5460. In Bank. Feb. 26, 1954.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. REUBEN B. WEITZ, Appellant. COUNSEL O’Gara & O’Gara and Paul P. O’Gara for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Gail A. Strader, Deputy Attorney General, Chester E. Watson, District Attorney (San Joaquin), William Biddick, Jr., and […]

People v. Francis , 42 Cal.2d 335 [Crim. No. 5549. In Bank. Feb. 25, 1954.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. CLIFFORD R. FRANCIS, Appellant. COUNSEL William W. Larsen and Ray L. Smith for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Alan R. Woodard, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION CARTER, J. Defendant was charged by information […]

Gowanlock v. Turner , 42 Cal.2d 296 [S. F. Nos. 18593, 18640.In Bank.Feb. 24, 1954.] THOMAS W. GOWANLOCK et al., Respondents, v. JAMES TURNER, as Manager of Utilities, etc., et al., Appellants; JOSEPH ROBINSON, Intervener and Appellant. COUNSEL Dion R. Holm, City Attorney (San Francisco), and A. Dal Thomson, Public Utilities Counsel, for Appellants. Lamson, […]

Cockerell v. Title Ins. & Trust Co. , 42 Cal.2d 284 [L. A. No. 22764. In Bank. Feb. 24, 1954.] ROWENA F. COCKERELL et al., Appellants, v. TITLE INSURANCE AND TRUST COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Defendants and Respondents; T. E. DENNY et al., Cross-Complainants and Respondents. COUNSEL N. S. Crowley for Appellants. No appearance […]

Union Transp. Co. v. Sacramento County , 42 Cal.2d 235 [Sac. No. 6419. In Bank. Feb. 19, 1954.] UNION TRANSPORTATION COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Appellants, v. SACRAMENTO COUNTY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Horace E. Dunning for Appellants. Gerald M. Desmond and Jerome M. McLaughlin for Respondent Sacramento County. Johnson, Davies & Greve and Claire […]

Record etc. Co. v. Pageman Hold. Corp. , 42 Cal.2d 227 [L. A. No. 22601. In Bank. Feb. 11, 1954.] RECORD MACHINE & TOOL COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent v. PAGEMAN HOLDING CORPORATION (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL Max Tendler and Olin N. MacKay for Appellant. Fred N. Howser and Arthur A. Worth for Respondent. OPINION CARTER, […]

People v. Jones , 42 Cal.2d 219 [Crim. No. 5464. In Bank. Feb. 5, 1954.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. RAYBURN A. JONES, Appellant. COUNSEL Bertram H. Ross for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Assistant Attorney General, William E. James and Lester Ziffren, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent. OPINION EDMONDS, J. Rayburn […]

People v. Byrd , 42 Cal.2d 200 [Crim. No. 5487. In Bank. Feb. 4, 1954.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. WALTER THOMAS BYRD, Appellant. COUNSEL Morris Lavine and Waite & Drapeau for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, William E. James, Deputy Attorney General, Roy A. Gustafson, District Attorney (Ventura), and James E. Dixon, Deputy District […]

Werner v. State Bar , 42 Cal.2d 187 [L. A. No. 22699. In Bank. Feb. 1, 1954.] ERWIN P. WERNER, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL T. B. Cosgrove for Petitioner. Leonard S. Lyon, Jr., and Jerold E. Weil for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. The petitioner, Erwin P. Werner, was disbarred from […]