Category: 1955

Financial Indem. Co. v. Superior Court , 45 Cal.2d 395 [L. A. No. 23641. In Bank. Oct. 28, 1955.] FINANCIAL INDEMNITY COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; F. BRITTON McCONNELL, as Insurance Commissioner, etc., Real Party in Interest. COUNSEL John S. Bolton, Wright, Wright, Green & […]

Emery v. Emery , 45 Cal.2d 421 [S. F. No. 19339. In Bank. Oct. 28, 1955.] BARBARA EMERY, a Minor, etc., et al., Appellants, v. BUEL E. EMERY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL J. Oscar Goldstein, P. M. Barceloux, Burton J. Goldstein, Goldstein, Barceloux & Goldstein and Robert J. Cort for Appellants. Worthington, Park & Worthington […]

Cole v. Rush , 45 Cal.2d 345 [L. A. No. 22864. In Bank. Oct. 28, 1955.] DOROTHEA COLE et al., Appellants, v. PAUL RUSH et al., Defendants; FRANK VAN STONE, Respondent. COUNSEL John C. Stevenson and Lionel Richman for Appellants. Parker, Stanbury, Reese & McGee, J. H. Peckham and C. G. W. McGee for Respondent. […]

Flickinger v. Swedlow Engineering Co. , 45 Cal.2d 388 [L. A. No. 23534. In Bank. Oct. 28, 1955.] R. H. FLICKINGER, Respondent, v. SWEDLOW ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC. (a Corporation) et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Laurence J. Rittenband, Anderson, McPharlin & Connors and Kenneth E. Lewis for Appellants. C.J. Walker for Respondent. OPINION SPENCE, J. Defendants appeal […]

Guardianship of Cookingham , 45 Cal.2d 367 [L. A. No. 23447. In Bank. Oct. 28, 1955.] Guardianship of the Person and Estate of DE WITT CLINTON COOKINGHAM, an Incompetent Person. ELLA MARIE ORMSBY, as Guardian etc., Appellant, v. DE WITT CLINTON COOKINGHAM, Respondent. COUNSEL Bailie, Turner, Lake & Sprague and Richard W. Sprague for Appellant. […]

Rogers v. Los Angeles Transit Lines , 45 Cal.2d 414 [L. A. No. 23806. In Bank. Oct. 28, 1955.] ANTHONY ROGERS, Respondent, v. LOS ANGELES TRANSIT LINES et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Melvin L. R. Harris, David S. Smith, Parker, Stanbury, Reese & McGee and William C. Wetherbee for Appellants. F. Murray Keslar for Respondent. OPINION […]

People v. Thomas , 45 Cal.2d 433 [Crim. No. 5770. In Bank. Oct. 28, 1955.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. HENRY THOMAS, Appellant. COUNSEL A. J. Zirpoli for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Chief Assistant Attorney General, and Arlo E. Smith, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION CARTER, J. This is an […]

Hall v. Superior Court , 45 Cal.2d 377 [L. A. No. 23450. In Bank. Oct. 28, 1955.] PEIRSON M. HALL, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; GERTRUDE M. HALL, Real Party in Interest and Respondent. COUNSEL Irving M. Walker, James C. Sheppard and Sheppard, Mullins, Richter & Balthis for Petitioner. Harold W. […]

People v. County of Tulare , 45 Cal.2d 317 [Sac. No. 6640. In Bank. Oct. 27, 1955.] THE PEOPLE, Petitioner, v. COUNTY OF TULARE et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, E. G. Benard, James E. Sabine and Irving H. Perluss, Assistant Attorneys General, and Edward P. Hollingshead, Deputy Attorney General, for Petitioner. […]

Roman Cath. etc. Corp. v. City of Piedmont , 45 Cal.2d 325 [S. F. No. 19149. In Bank. Oct. 27, 1955.] THE ROMAN CATHOLIC WELFARE CORPORATION OF SAN FRANCISCO (a Corporation), Petitioner, v. CITY OF PIEDMONT et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Andrew F. Burke for Petitioner. Irving Shore, Marvel Shore, Lawrence Speiser, Philip Adams, Wayne M. […]

Bauer v. County of Ventura , 45 Cal.2d 276 [L. A. No. 23362. In Bank. Oct. 21, 1955.] F. LOHR BAUER et al., Appellants, v. COUNTY OF VENTURA et al., Respondents. COUNSEL William T. Selby and Glenn C. Garman for Appellants. Roy A. Gustafson, District Attorney, Bruce A. Thompson, Deputy District Attorney, and Harry E. […]

People v. Burt , 45 Cal.2d 311 [Crim. No. 5715. In Bank. Oct. 21, 1955.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. JOHN JAMES BURT, Appellant. COUNSEL Jefferson & Jefferson, Martha Malone Jefferson and Bernard S. Jefferson for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and William E. James, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. Defendant was […]

Burns v. State Bar , 45 Cal.2d 296 [S. F. No. 19242. In Bank. Oct. 21, 1955.] EMMETT R. BURNS, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL Emmett R. Burns, in pro. per., and Eugene H. O’Donnell for Petitioner. William E. Mussman and Garrett H. Elmore for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. In response […]

People v. Cobb , 45 Cal.2d 158 [Crim. No. 5714. In Bank. Sept. 23, 1955.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. JAMES COBB et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Lowell Lyons, Cletus J. Hanifin, Eller & Winton, Jay J. Eller and Howard L. Winton for Appellants. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, William E. James and Elizabeth Miller, Deputy Attorneys […]

Estate of Richartz , 45 Cal.2d 292 [S. F. No. 18931. In Bank. Oct. 21, 1955.] Estate of IDA ANNA RICHARTZ, Deceased. ROBERT C. KIRKWOOD, as State Controller, etc., Appellant, v. MARGARET KELLY, Respondent. COUNSEL James W. Hickey, Charles J. Barry and John D. O’Hara for Appellant. Graham & Morse and Francis L. Tetreault for […]

In re Flodstrom , 45 Cal.2d 307 [Crim. No. 5689. In Bank. Oct. 21, 1955.] In re SHIRLEY ANN FLODSTROM, on Habeas Corpus. COUNSEL Byron J. Snow, Stephen P. Gazzera and Sidney L. Berlin for Petitioner. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Arlo E. Smith and Raymond M. Momboisse, […]

Bonham v. McConnell , 45 Cal.2d 304 [S. F. No. 19337. In Bank. Oct. 21, 1955.] CARL HERSCHEL BONHAM, Appellant, v. F. BRITTON McCONNELL, as Insurance Commissioner, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Keith, Creede & Sedgwick and John S. Howell for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Harold B. Haas, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION […]

Martinez v. Southern Pacific Co. , 45 Cal.2d 244 [S. F. No. 19308. In Bank. Oct. 14, 1955.] KATIE MARTINEZ et al., Respondents, v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Defendants; WILLIAM LOPEZ MARTINEZ et al., Appellants. COUNSEL John Said and Crossland & Crossland for Appellants. Higgs, Fletcher & Mack, DeWitt A. Higgs, Betts, […]

DiGenova v. State Board of Education , 45 Cal.2d 255 [S. F. No. 19332. In Bank. Oct. 14, 1955.] ANTHONY DiGENOVA, Respondent, v. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Richard H. Perry, Deputy Attorney General, Dion R. Holm, City Attorney (City and County of San Francisco), and Irving […]

Kornoff v. Kingsburg Cotton Oil Co. , 45 Cal.2d 265 [S. F. No. 19338. In Bank. Oct. 14, 1955.] CHARLES KORNOFF et al., Respondents, v. KINGSBURG COTTON OIL COMPANY (a Corporation) Appellant. COUNSEL David S. Davis and Charles Ray Barrett for Appellant. James C. Janjigian, N. Lindsey South and L. Kenneth Say for Respondents. OPINION […]

Smith v. Smith , 45 Cal.2d 235 [S. F. No. 19054. In Bank. Oct. 14, 1955.] EYTHLE SMITH, Respondent, v. RAY SMITH, Appellant. COUNSEL Desmond N. Bonnington, Anderson & Peck, Milner J. Anderson and Edward F. Peck for Appellant. Harris, Darter & Older and R. J. Darter for Respondent. OPINION SPENCE, J. Defendant appeals from […]

People v. Holbrook , 45 Cal.2d 228 [Crim. No. 5709. In Bank. Oct. 7, 1955.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. LOUIS STARKY HOLBROOK, Appellant. COUNSEL Bodkin, Breslin & Luddy and Henry G. Bodkin, Jr., for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Chief Assistant Attorney General, and Victor Griffith, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. […]

Meehan v. Hopps , 45 Cal.2d 213 [S. F. No. 19246. In Bank. Oct. 7, 1955.] THOMAS J. MEEHAN, as Receiver, etc., et al., Respondents, v. STEWART B. HOPPS et al., Appellants. COUNSEL J. W. Ehrlich, Lloyd W. Dinkelspiel, Eugene S. Clifford and Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe for Appellants. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, […]

People v. MacEwing , 45 Cal.2d 218 [Crim. No. 5692. In Bank. Oct. 7, 1955.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. BRUCE ALEXANDER MacEWING et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Joseph A. Ball and A. H. McConnell for Appellants. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and William E. James, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. After a trial […]

Buckley v. Chadwick , 45 Cal.2d 183 [L. A. No. 23492. In Bank. Oct. 7, 1955.] DOROTHY BUCKLEY et al., Appellants, v. FRED D. CHADWICK, Respondent. COUNSEL Russell H. Pray, Block & Dunbar, Samuel P. Block and Eric A. Rose for Appellants. Parker, Stanbury, Reese & McGee and William C. Wetherbee for Respondent. OPINION SCHAUER, […]