Category: 1956

Automotriz etc. De California v. Resnick , 47 Cal.2d 792 [L. A. No. 24232. In Bank. Jan. 30, 1957.] AUTOMOTRIZ DEL GOLFO DE CALIFORNIA S. A. de C. V., Respondent, v. ERWIN G. RESNICK et al., Appellants. [47 Cal.2d 794] COUNSEL Levy, Bernard & Jaffe and George W. Rochester for Appellants. C. P. Von Herzen […]

People v. Riser , 47 Cal.2d 566 [Crim. No. 5896. In Bank. Dec. 31, 1956.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent v. RICHARD G. RISER, Appellant. [47 Cal.2d 572] COUNSEL William H. Coburn, Jr., under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Doris H. Maier, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, […]

Bennett v. Hibernia Bank , 47 Cal.2d 540 [S. F. No. 19089. In Bank. Dec. 27, 1956.] OLIVE BENNETT et al., Appellants, v. THE HIBERNIA BANK (a Corporation) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL L. L. James, Carl E. Day, Leander L. James III and Morris Lavine for Appellants. Alexander S. Keenan, Jr., as Amicus Curiae on […]

Board of Education v. Mass , 47 Cal.2d 494 [S. F. No. 19433. In Bank. Dec. 21, 1956.] THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Respondents, v. JOHN W. MASS, Appellant. COUNSEL Lawrence Speiser for Appellant. Dion R. Holm, City Attorney, and Irving G. Breyer for Respondents. [47 Cal.2d […]

Leonard v. Watsonville Community Hosp. , 47 Cal.2d 509 [S. F. No. 19485. In Bank. Dec. 21, 1956.] GRACE T. LEONARD, Appellant, v. WATSONVILLE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Crist, Peters & Donegan and Elton F. Martin for Appellant. Wyckoff, Parker, Boyle & Pope, McCarthy & Franich and Henry F. Brauer for Respondents. OPINION […]

Dowell v. Superior Court , 47 Cal.2d 483 [S. F. No. 19553. In Bank. Dec. 14, 1956.] HERBERT H. DOWELL, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Respondent; SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, Real Party in Interest. COUNSEL Barbagelata, Zief & Carmazzi, Rinaldo A. Carmazzi and Arthur C. Zief for Petitioner. […]

People v. Farmer , 47 Cal.2d 479 [Crim. No. 5879. In Bank. Dec. 11, 1956.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. ED FARMER, Appellant. COUNSEL Robert R. Elledge and Muir Wooley for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and G. A. Strader, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. [47 Cal.2d 480] OPINION GIBSON, C.J. Defendant was convicted of […]

Stockton Theatres, Inc. v. Palermo , 47 Cal.2d 469 [Sac. Nos. 6600, 6732.In Bank.Dec. 7, 1956.] STOCKTON THEATRES, INC. (a Corporation), Appellant, v. EMIL PALERMO et al., Respondents. (Two Cases.) COUNSEL Freed & Freed, Eli Freed and Eugene A. Mash for Appellant. Smith & Zeller for Respondent Palermo. OPINION CARTER, J. Stockton Theatres, Inc., appeals […]

Tucker v. Lombardo , 47 Cal.2d 457 [L. A. No. 24263. In Bank. Dec. 7, 1956.] THURMAN TUCKER, JR., a Minor, etc., et al., Appellants, v. PHILIP LOMBARDO, Respondent. COUNSEL Madden & McCarry for Appellants. Moss, Lyon & Dunn, Gerold C. Dunn and Henry F. Walker for Respondent. [47 Cal.2d 460] OPINION SPENCE, J. Plaintiffs […]

Hartford v. Superior Court , 47 Cal.2d 447 [L. A. No. 24144. In Bank. Dec. 5, 1956.] GEORGE HUNTINGTON HARTFORD II, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; EDWARD BARTON COLT, a Minor, etc., Real Party in Interest. COUNSEL Loeb & Loeb and Herman F. Selvin for Petitioner. Harold W. Kennedy, County […]

People v. Jefferson , 47 Cal.2d 438 [Crim. No. 5931. In Bank. Dec. 4, 1956.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. CLIFFORD JEFFERSON, Appellant. COUNSEL Douglas R. Greer and Richard A. Case, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Doris H. Maier, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION McCOMB, J. […]

State Farm etc. Ins. Co. v. Superior Court , 47 Cal.2d 428 [S. F. No. 19562. In Bank. Dec. 4, 1956.] STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY (a Corporation), Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Respondent; HELEN CORRICK et al., Real Parties in Interest. [47 Cal.2d 430] COUNSEL […]

In re Scaggs , 47 Cal.2d 416 [Crim. No. 5968. In Bank. Nov. 30, 1956.] In re PLEAS SCAGGS, on Habeas Corpus. [47 Cal.2d 417] COUNSEL Franklin H. Williams, John W. Bussey, W. Lawrence Oliver and Lawrence Speiser for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Clarence A. Linn, Assistant Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION […]

Crogan v. Metz , 47 Cal.2d 398 [S. F. No. 19096. In Bank. Nov. 30, 1956.] HAZEL L. CROGAN, Respondent, v. BERT METZ et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Byron Arnold, George I. Hoffman, Lansburgh, Hoffman, Arnold & Schiller and Lansburgh, Hoffman & Schiller for Appellants Bert Metz and Vivian Metz. Theodore M. Monell for Appellant Letsinger. […]

People v. Bridgehouse , 47 Cal.2d 406 [Crim. No. 5913. In Bank. Nov. 30, 1956.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. WILLIAM BRIDGEHOUSE, Appellant. COUNSEL Eugene V. McPherson and Gladys Towles Root for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Elizabeth Miller, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION CARTER, J. Defendant, William Bridgehouse was convicted, after trial […]

Estate of Lucksinger , 47 Cal.2d 396 [Sac. No. 6690. In Bank. Nov. 30, 1956.] Estate of RALPH LUCKSINGER, Deceased. BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, as Executor, etc., Respondent, v. TAYLOR, TAYLOR AND TAYLOR, Appellants. COUNSEL Taylor, Taylor & Taylor, in pro. per., for Appellants. No appearance for Respondent. OPINION McCOMB, J. […]

U.S. Fid. & Guar. Co. v. State Bd. of Equal. , 47 Cal.2d 384 [L. A. No. 23712. In Bank. Nov. 30, 1956.] UNITED STATES FIDELITY AND GUARANTY COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent, v. STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION et al., Appellants. [L. A. No. 23713. In Bank. Nov. 30, 1956.] NORTHWEST CASUALTY COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent, […]

People v. Linson , 47 Cal.2d 380 [Crim. No. 5908. In Bank. Nov. 27, 1956.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. CHARLES LINSON, Appellant. COUNSEL Ellery E. Cuff, Public Defender (Los Angeles), under appointment by the Supreme Court, and Richard B. Goethals, Deputy Public Defender, for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and William E. James, Deputy […]

People v. Roberts , 47 Cal.2d 374 [Crim. No. 5950. In Bank. Nov. 23, 1956.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. JAMES HARLAN ROBERTS, Appellant. [47 Cal.2d 376] COUNSEL William John Scammon for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Assistant Attorney General, and William M. Bennett, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. […]

People v. Abbott , 47 Cal.2d 362 [Crim. No. 5901. In Bank. Nov. 23, 1956.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. BURTON W. ABBOTT, Appellant. COUNSEL Leo A. Sullivan for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Assistant Attorney General, Raymond M. Momboisse, Deputy Attorney General, J. F. Coakley, District Attorney (Alameda), Dale Stoops and […]

Panopulos v. Maderis , 47 Cal.2d 337 [S. F. No. 19514. In Bank. Nov. 21, 1956.] AMELIA PANOPULOS, Appellant, v. GUSSIE MADERIS, Respondent. [S. F. No. 19515. In Bank. Nov. 21, 1956.] CATHERINE FITTS, Appellant, v. GUSSIE MADERIS, Respondent. [S. F. No. 19516. In Bank. Nov. 21, 1956.] BEATRICE SCHUNKE, Appellant, v. GUSSIE MADERIS, Respondent. […]

Danner v. Atkins , 47 Cal.2d 327 [L. A. No. 24176. In Bank. Nov. 21, 1956.] HUGH H. DANNER et al., Appellants, v. WILLIAM ATKINS et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Deadrich, Gill, Bates & Stewart and Kenneth H. Bates for Appellants. Baker, Palmer, Wall & Raymond, Conron, Heard & James, Oran W. Palmer and Calvin H. […]

People v. Crooker , 47 Cal.2d 348 [Crim. No. 5856. In Bank. Nov. 21, 1956.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. JOHN RUSSELL CROOKER, JR., Appellant. COUNSEL Robert W. Armstrong, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, William E. James, Deputy Attorney General, S. Ernest Roll, District Attorney (Los Angeles), Jere […]

Caritativo v. Teets , 47 Cal.2d 304 [S. F. No. 19603. In Bank. Nov. 20, 1956.] BART LUIS CARITATIVO, Petitioner, v. HARLEY O. TEETS, as Warden of State Prison, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL George T. Davis for Petitioner. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Clarence A. Linn, Assistant Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION McCOMB, J. This […]

Estate of Franklin , 47 Cal.2d 303 [L. A. No. 24148. In Bank. Nov. 20, 1956.] Estate of EDWARD J. FRANKLIN, Deceased. ROBERT O. PFLEGER, Appellant, v. BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, Respondent. COUNSEL Robert O. Pfleger, in pro. per., for Appellant. No appearance for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. The question here […]