Category: 1955

Rudolph v. Tubbs , 46 Cal.2d 55 [L. A. No. 23836. In Bank. Dec. 30, 1955.] RAYMOND V. RUDOLPH, Respondent, v. ALLEN TUBBS et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Crowe, Mitchell & Hurlbutt and J. Thomas Crowe for Appellants. Walch & Griswold and Roger R. Walch for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. This action was brought to recover […]

Calhoun v. Superior Court , 46 Cal.2d 18 [L. A. No. 23779. In Bank. Dec. 30, 1955.] BERNARD P. CALHOUN, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Mahedy & Schall, John W. Preston and Charles H. Carr for Petitioner. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, William E. James, Deputy Attorney […]

Scovill Mfg. Co. v. Skaggs etc. Drug Stores , 45 Cal.2d 881 [S. F. Nos. 18830, 19068.In Bank.Dec. 29, 1955.] SCOVILL MANUFACTURING COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent, v. SKAGGS PAY LESS DRUG STORES (a Corporation), Appellant. (Two Cases.) COUNSEL Fitzgerald, Abbott & Beardsley and Edward B. Kelly for Appellant. Kean & Ingram and Bernard E. Ingram […]

General Elec. Co. v. Federal Employees’ Etc. Co. , 45 Cal.2d 891 [L. A. No. 23027. In Bank. Dec. 29, 1955.] GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (a Corporation), Plaintiff and Appellant, v. FEDERAL EMPLOYEES’ DISTRIBUTING COMPANY (a Corporation), Defendant and Appellant. COUNSEL Meserve, Mumper & Hughes, E. Avery Crary, Robert A. Stewart, Jr., and Cromwell Warner, Jr., […]

Sefton v. Sefton , 45 Cal.2d 872 [S. F. No. 18989. In Bank. Dec. 29, 1955.] MIMI STONE SEFTON, Appellant, v. SEIBERT L. SEFTON, Respondent. COUNSEL Franklyn M. O’Brien for Appellant. Sefton & Gartland and Eugene L. Gartland for Respondent. OPINION SHENK, J. This action was brought by Mrs. Sefton to enforce the alimony provisions […]

Calif. Oregon Power Co. v. Superior Court , 45 Cal.2d 858 [Sac. No. 6601. In Bank. Dec. 29, 1955.] THE CALIFORNIA OREGON POWER COMPANY, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SISKIYOU COUNTY, Respondent; THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest. COUNSEL Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison and Gregory A. Harrison for Petitioner. [45 Cal.2d 860] Edmund G. […]

Rogers v. Superior Court , 46 Cal.2d 3 [S. F. No. 19347. In Bank. Dec. 29, 1955.] JOHN ROGERS, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ALAMEDA COUNTY, Respondent. COUNSEL William H. Coburn, Jr., for Petitioner. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Arlo E. Smith, Deputy Attorney General, and J. […]

Williams v. E. W. Robinson Van Lines , 46 Cal.2d 14 [S. F. No. 19373. In Bank. Dec. 29, 1955.] GARY B. WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. E. W. ROBINSON VAN LINES (a Corporation) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Robert A. Kaiser for Appellant. Clark & Heafey, Schofield & Hannegan and Gerald P. Martin for Respondents. OPINION SCHAUER, […]

McClearen v. Superior Court , 45 Cal.2d 852 [L. A. No. 23778. In Bank. Dec. 29, 1955.] W. A. McCLEAREN, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF TULARE COUNTY, Respondent; THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest. COUNSEL Robert Stevenson for Petitioner. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, James E. Sabine and Irving H. Perluss, Assistant Attorneys General, Edward […]

Holderby v. Internat. Union etc. Engrs. , 45 Cal.2d 843 [L. A. No. 23488. In Bank. Dec. 29, 1955.] ROBERT A. HOLDERBY, Respondent, v. INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS, LOCAL UNION NO. 12 (an Unincorporated Association) et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Parker, Stanbury, Reese & McGee and Raymond G. Stanbury for Appellants. Aaron Sapiro for Respondent. […]

Seneris v. Haas , 45 Cal.2d 811 [L. A. No. 23750. In Bank. Dec. 23, 1955.] JESSIE SENERIS et al., Appellants, v. DR. GEORGE S. HAAS et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Pollock & Pollock, Edward I. Pollock, David Pollock and William Jerome Pollock for Appellants. Hirson & Horn, Theodore A. Horn, Edward M. Raskin, Samuel A. […]

Weil v. Barthel , 45 Cal.2d 835 [Sac. No. 6398. In Bank. Dec. 23, 1955.] ROBERT G. WEIL, Appellant, v. HARVEY O. BARTHEL et al., Respondents. COUNSEL James S. Eddy and Douglas C. Busath for Appellant. Robert M. Cole for Respondents. Driver & Driver as Amici Curiae on behalf of Respondents. [45 Cal.2d 836] OPINION […]

Chapman College v. Wagener , 45 Cal.2d 796 [L. A. No. 23118. In Bank. Dec. 23, 1955.] CHAPMAN COLLEGE (a Corporation), Appellant, v. RUSSELL H. WAGENER et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Bromley, Ritter & Lindersmith and A. G. Ritter for Appellant. R. D. Sweeney, J. E. Simpson and John R. Y. Lindley for Respondents. OPINION GIBSON, […]

Vangel v. Vangel , 45 Cal.2d 804 [L. A. No. 23289. In Bank. Dec. 23, 1955.] NICK VANGEL et al., Respondents, v. CHARLES VANGEL, Appellant. COUNSEL Pacht, Tannenbaum & Ross, Isaac Pacht, Rudolph Pacht, Jerry Pacht, Pacht, Ross, Warne & Bernhard and Clore Warne for Appellant. J. Howard Sullivan and Joseph T. Enright for Respondents. […]

Oosten v. Hay Haulers etc. Union , 45 Cal.2d 784 [L. A. No. 23085. In Bank. Dec. 23, 1955.] JOHN OOSTEN, Respondent, v. HAY HAULERS DAIRY EMPLOYEES AND HELPERS UNION, etc., et al., Defendants; KNUDSEN CREAMERY COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, Appellant. COUNSEL Vaughan, Brandlin & Wehrle, Vaughan & Brandlin, J. R. Vaughan and Richard I. Roemer […]

People v. Gorg , 45 Cal.2d 776 [Crim. No. 5762. In Bank. Dec. 16, 1955.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. ALAN KENT GORG, Appellant. COUNSEL Dennis L. Woodman for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Assistant Attorney General, and Arlo E. Smith, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. Defendant appeals from […]

Bernstein v. Superior Court , 45 Cal.2d 774 [S. F. No. 19348. In Bank. Dec. 16, 1955.] SAMUEL BERNSTEIN, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN MATEO COUNTY, Respondent. COUNSEL Nagle & Vale for Petitioner. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Arlo E. Smith, Deputy Attorney General, and Keith C. […]

Alpha Beta Food Markets v. Retail Clerks , 45 Cal.2d 764 [L. A. No. 23472. In Bank. Dec. 16, 1955.] ALPHA BETA FOOD MARKETS, INC. (a Corporation) et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. RETAIL CLERKS UNION LOCAL 770 (an Unincorporated Voluntary Association) et al., Respondents; FOOD EMPLOYERS COUNCIL, INC. (a Nonprofit Corporation), Cross-Defendant and Appellant. […]

People v. Michael , 45 Cal.2d 751 [Crim. No. 5764. In Bank. Dec. 9, 1955.] THE PEOPLE, Appellant, v. BEVERLY MICHAEL, Respondent. COUNSEL Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, William E. James, Deputy Attorney General, S. Ernest Roll, District Attorney (Los Angeles), Jere J. Sullivan and Lewis Watnick, Deputy District Attorneys, for Appellant. Forno & Umann […]

City of Oxnard v. Dale , 45 Cal.2d 729 [L. A. No. 23700. In Bank. Dec. 9, 1955.] CITY OF OXNARD, Petitioner, v. ETHEL DALE, as City Clerk, etc., et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Joseph W. Goss, City Attorney, O’Melveny & Myers, James L. Beebe and James W. Beebe for Petitioner. William A. Reppy and F. […]

Beresford v. Pacific Gas & Elec. Co. , 45 Cal.2d 738 [Sac. No. 6635. In Bank. Dec. 9, 1955.] HAROLD K. BERESFORD et al., Respondents, v. PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL Robert H. Gerdes, John J. Briare, Edmund M. Moor and Anthony J. Kennedy, for Appellant. Rawlins Coffman and L. C. […]

People v. Martin , 45 Cal.2d 755 [Crim. No. 5767. In Bank. Dec. 9, 1955.] THE PEOPLE, Appellant, v. JAMES MARTIN, Respondent. COUNSEL Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, William E. James, Deputy Attorney General, S. Ernest Roll, District Attorney (Los Angeles), Jere J. Sullivan and Lewis Watnick, Deputy District Attorneys, for Appellant. John J. Bradley […]

City of Vernon v. City of Los Angeles , 45 Cal.2d 710 [L. A. No. 22911. In Bank. Dec. 6, 1955.] CITY OF VERNON, Appellant, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES, Respondent. COUNSEL Carson B. Hubbard, City Attorney, Edward R. Young, John F. O’Hara and John W. Shenk III for Appellant. Roger Arnebergh, City Attorney, Bourke […]

People v. Jordan , 45 Cal.2d 697 [Crim. No. 5698. In Bank. Dec. 2, 1955.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. SMITH EDWARD JORDAN et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Vince Monroe Townsend, Jr., and Enrico Dell’Osso for Appellants. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Assistant Attorney General, Raymond M. Momboisse, Deputy Attorney General, J. Frank Coakley, […]

City of Susanville v. Lee C. Hess Co. , 45 Cal.2d 684 [Sac. No. 6576. In Bank. Dec. 2, 1955.] CITY OF SUSANVILLE, Petitioner and Respondent, v. LEE C. HESS COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant; ANN RATHNER, as City Clerk, etc., et al., Cross-Defendants and Respondents. COUNSEL Clewe, Blade & McDonald and Robert W. Anderson for […]