Category: 1955

Pacific Finance Corp. v. Foust , 44 Cal.2d 853 [L. A. No. 23273. In Bank. July 8, 1955.] PACIFIC FINANCE CORPORATION (a Corporation), Respondent, v. ALVIN HARRISON FOUST et al., Appellants. COUNSEL William T. Selby and Glenn C. Garman for Appellants. Hugh M. Foster, Jr., Ivan C. Tagert, Mansfield A. Mills, William A. Reppy and […]

People v. Penny , 44 Cal.2d 861 [Crim. No. 5722. In Bank. July 8, 1955.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. MARY PENNY, Appellant. COUNSEL D. Brandon Bernstein and Robert P. Dockeray for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Norman H. Sokolow and William E. James, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent. OPINION CARTER, J. Appeal by defendant […]

McConnell v. Cowan , 44 Cal.2d 805 [L. A. No. 23183. In Bank. July 5, 1955.] KENNETH A. McCONNELL et al., Appellants, v. HARRY L. COWAN, Respondent. COUNSEL Lyle M. Stevens for Appellants. Leo Friedman and Orlan S. Friedman for Respondent. OPINION CARTER, J. By his complaint in his action plaintiff sought to have it […]

Lynch v. Birdwell , 44 Cal.2d 839 [S. F. No. 19252. In Bank. July 5, 1955.] JOHN M. LYNCH, JR., a Minor, etc., et al., Respondents, v. JACK WAYNE BIRDWELL et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Weinmann, Rode, Burnhill & Moffitt and Cyril Viadro for Appellants. Evans, O’Gara & McGuire and E. James McGuire for Respondents. OPINION […]

Steinmetz v. Cal. State Board of Education , 44 Cal.2d 816 [Sac. No. 6530. In Bank. July 5, 1955.] HARRY C. STEINMETZ, Petitioner, v. CALIFORNIA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Wirin, Rissman & Okrand, A. L. Wirin and Fred Okrand for Petitioner. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Richard L. Mayers, Deputy […]

Sayegh v. Superior Court , 44 Cal.2d 814 [L. A. No. 23726. In Bank. July 5, 1955.] ALICE ARAXIE SAYEGH, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; MARIE SAYEGH, as Guardian, etc., et al., Real Parties in Interest. COUNSEL A. G. Ritter for Petitioner. No appearance for Respondent. Louis P. Pink and J. […]

Snyder v. Southern Cal. Edison Co. , 44 Cal.2d 793 [L. A. No. 23566. In Bank. July 1, 1955.] VERNON LEROY SNYDER, Appellant, v. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent. [L. A. No. 23567. In Bank. July 1, 1955.] STEVE JAMES GRADICH, Appellant, v. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL Alex D. […]

McDonald v. Shell Oil Co. , 44 Cal.2d 785 [L. A. No. 23543. In Bank. July 1, 1955.] ANDREW V. McDONALD, Appellant, v. SHELL OIL COMPANY, INC. (a Corporation) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL James C. Hollingsworth, Edward Henderson and Margaret Keller for Appellant. Bauder, Gilbert, Thompson & Kelly, Bauder, Gilbert, Thompson, Kelly & Veatch, Churchill […]

Richardson v. Ham , 44 Cal.2d 772 [L. A. No. 23537. In Bank. June 29, 1955.] JAMES RICHARDSON et al., Respondents, v. HERBERT HAM et al., Appellants. BEN W. BARNETT et al., Respondents, v. HERBERT HAM et al., Appellants. MARCO J. MEDIN, JR., et al., Respondents, v. HERBERT HAM et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Gray, Cary, […]

Pacific Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. McConnell , 44 Cal.2d 715  [L. A. No. 23261.In Bank.June 27, 1955.] THE PACIFIC MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA (a Corporation) et al., Appellants, v. F. BRITTON McCONNELL, as Insurance Commissioner, etc., et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Joseph L. Lewinson, Frank B. Belcher, C. Ray Robinson, Melvin, Faulkener, Sheehan […]

Houge v. Ford , 44 Cal.2d 706 [L. A. No. 23250. In Bank. June 24, 1955.] NORMAN O. HOUGE, Respondent, v. PATRICK H. FORD, Appellant. COUNSEL Patrick H. Ford, in pro. per., Macbeth & Ford and Moira D. Ford for Appellant. Harry A. Daugherty and Lyman A. Garber for Respondent. OPINION SPENCE, J. Defendant Ford, […]

Wolff v. Fallon , 44 Cal.2d 695 [S. F. No. 18827. In Bank. June 21, 1955.] S. WOLFF, Respondent v. JOSEPH P. FALLON et al., Defendants; R. T. STEPHENS et al., Defendants and Appellants; INGLESIDE TERRACES HOME OWNERS ASSOCIATION (a Nonprofit Corporation), Intervener and Appellant. COUNSEL John A. Gorfinkel and Julian W. Mack II for […]

In re Malone , 44 Cal.2d 700 [Crim. No. 5609. In Bank. June 21, 1955.] In re EDWARD D. MALONE, on Habeas Corpus. COUNSEL Edward D. Malone, in pro. per., and James A. Clayton, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Petitioner. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Doris H. Maier and G. A. Strader, Deputy […]

Swycaffer v. Swycaffer , 44 Cal.2d 689 [L. A. No. 22807. In Bank. June 16, 1955.] DOROTHY LOUISE SWYCAFFER, Respondent, v. JOE W. SWYCAFFER et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Vernon F. Bennett in pro. per. and for Appellants. No appearance for Respondent. John R. Sorbo and John T. Holt as Amici Curiae on behalf of Respondent. […]

People v. Wilkes , 44 Cal.2d 679 [Crim. No. 5713. In Bank. June 10, 1955.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. OSCAR LEON WILKES et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Carl B. Shapiro for Appellants. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Assistant Attorney General, Raymond M. Momboisse, Deputy Attorney General, W. O. Weissich, District Attorney (Marin), and […]

Pauly v. King , 44 Cal.2d 649 [L. A. No. 23538. In Bank. June 10, 1955.] ROBERT CARL PAULY, Appellant, v. OWEN KING et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Victor C. Rose, Alfred M. Klein and Robert P. Dockeray for Appellant. Betts, Ely & Loomis, James A. Williams, Tripp & Callaway and Hulen C. Callaway for Respondents. […]

People v. Pond , 44 Cal.2d 665 [Crim. No. 5612. In Bank. June 10, 1955.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. STILLMAN POND, Appellant. COUNSEL Cannon & Callister and Morris Lavine for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, William E. James, Deputy Attorney General, S. Ernest Roll, District Attorney (Los Angeles), and Robert Wheeler, Deputy District Attorney, […]

Murray v. Superior Court , 44 Cal.2d 611 [S. F. No. 19217. In Bank. May 27, 1955.] HAROLD DONALD MURRAY, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO et al., Respondents; DONALD N. UTHUS, Real Party in Interest. COUNSEL Frank J. Perry and George Olshausen for Petitioner. No appearance for […]

Hillman v. Garcia-Ruby , 44 Cal.2d 625 [S. F. No. 19238. In Bank. May 27, 1955.] SADIE HILLMAN, Appellant, v. RUDOLPH GARCIA-RUBY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL James C. Purcell and Michael Riordan for Appellant. Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon and John F. Ward for Respondents. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. Plaintiff appeals from a judgment entered on a […]

Harden v. Superior Court , 44 Cal.2d 630 [S. F. No. 19244. In Bank. May 27, 1955.] WILLIAM R. HARDEN et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ALAMEDA COUNTY, Respondent; CITY OF HAYWARD, Real Party in Interest. COUNSEL Popper & Burnstein and Robert C. Burnstein for Petitioners. J. F. Coakley, District Attorney, R. Robert […]

Subsequent Injuries Fund v. Industrial Acc. Com. , 44 Cal.2d 604 [L. A. No. 23298. In Bank. May 27, 1955.] SUBSEQUENT INJURIES FUND OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Petitioner, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION and MARY M. HARRIS, Respondents. COUNSEL Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Donald D. Stoker and W. B. Thayer, Deputy Attorneys General, for […]

City of Long Beach v. Pacific Elec. Railway Co. , 44 Cal.2d 599 [L. A. No. 22899. In Bank. May 27, 1955.] CITY OF LONG BEACH, Respondent, v. PACIFIC ELECTRIC RAILWAY COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL C. W. Cornell, E. D. Yeomans, Roger M. Sullivan and Randolph Karr for Appellant. Walhfred Jacobson, City Attorney, and […]

In re Larsen , 44 Cal.2d 642 [Crim. No. 5640. In Bank. May 27, 1955.] In re CHARLES LARSEN, on Habeas Corpus. COUNSEL Charles Larsen, in pro. per., and Richard M. Grossberg, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Petitioner. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Doris H. Maier, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. [44 […]

Crowe v. Sacks , 44 Cal.2d 590 [L. A. No. 23539. In Bank. May 24, 1955.] BARBARA CROWE et al., Respondents, v. FRANK W. SACKS, Appellant. COUNSEL Eugene S. Ives for Appellant. Parker, Stanbury, Reese & McGee for Respondents. OPINION SHENK, J. Defendant appeals from a judgment entered upon a jury verdict in favor of […]

Bowles v. Superior Court , 44 Cal.2d 574 [S. F. No. 19122. In Bank. May 19, 1955.] HENRY MILLER BOWLES et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO et al., Respondents; GEORGE W. NICKEL, JR., et al., Real Parties in Interest. [S. F. No. 19123. In Bank. May […]