Category: 1956

People v. Vogel , 46 Cal.2d 798 [Crim. No. 5778. In Bank. June 28, 1956.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. ROBERT S. VOGEL, Appellant. COUNSEL Buttermore & Lightner and Wesley B. Buttermore, Jr., for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Chief Assistant Attorney General, John S. McInerny and William E. James, Deputy Attorneys […]

Primm v. Primm , 46 Cal.2d 690 [L. A. No. 23409. In Bank. June 28, 1956.] JOSEPHINE PRIMM, Appellant, v. ERNEST J. PRIMM, Respondent. [L. A. No. 23657. In Bank. June 28, 1956.] JOSEPHINE PRIMM, Respondent, v. ERNEST J. PRIMM, Appellant. COUNSEL Willis Sargent and Sidney H. Wyse for Appellant in L. A. No. 23409 […]

Craney v. Low , 46 Cal.2d 757 [L. A. No. 24010. In Bank. June 28, 1956.] CLARA CRANEY, Appellant, v. ELIZABETH B. LOW et al., Respondents. COUNSEL E. C. Mahoney for Appellant. Pacht, Ross, Warne & Bernhard, Isaac Pacht, Leo Altshuler and Jerry Pacht for Respondents. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. Plaintiff is seeking to impose a […]

Van Strien v. Jones , 46 Cal.2d 705 [L. A. No. 23858. In Bank. June 28, 1956.] FRANCES VAN STRIEN, Appellant, v. ARCHIE R. JONES, as Executor, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Bernice M. Coady and Joseph K. Coady for Appellant. Herbert C. Naylor for Respondent. OPINION SHENK, J. This is an appeal from a judgment for […]

Sutton v. Industrial Acc. Com. , 46 Cal.2d 791 [S. F. No. 19492. In Bank. June 28, 1956.] SADIE I. SUTTON, Petitioner, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Delger Trowbridge for Petitioner. Everett A. Corten, Daniel C. Murphy, Frank J. Filippi and Mullen & Filippi for Respondents. OPINION CARTER, J. On April 2, […]

Lorenz v. Board of Medical Examiners , 46 Cal.2d 684 [S. F. No. 19451. In Bank. June 19, 1956.] FREDERICK SHEETS LORENZ, Appellant, v. BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS, Respondent. COUNSEL Lowell L. Dryden, Denison, Dietrich & Anderson and Hutchinson & Quattrin for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Dan Kaufmann, Deputy Attorney General, for […]

Highland Realty Co. v. City of San Rafael , 46 Cal.2d 669 [S. F. No. 19184. In Bank. June 8, 1956.] HIGHLAND REALTY COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant, v. CITY OF SAN RAFAEL, Respondent. HIGHLAND REALTY COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant, v. CITY OF SAN ANSELMO, Respondent. COUNSEL Thacher, Jones, Casey & Ball, Freitas, Allen, McCarthy & […]

Lundberg v. County of Alameda , 46 Cal.2d 644 [S. F. No. 19026. In Bank. June 6, 1956.] ALFRED J. LUNDBERG, Respondent, v. COUNTY OF ALAMEDA et al., Defendants and Appellants; THE ROMAN CATHOLIC WELFARE CORPORATION OF SAN FRANCISCO (a Corporation), Intervener and Appellant. fn. * COUNSEL J. F. Coakley, District Attorney, R. Robert Hunter, […]

People v. Dunn , 46 Cal.2d 639 [L. A. No. 23936. In Bank. June 6, 1956.] THE PEOPLE ex rel. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, Respondent, v. A. M. DUNN et al., Appellants. COUNSEL James A. Moore and George A. Westover for Appellants. George C. Hadley, R. B. Pegram, Herbert J. Williams, Albert J. Day and […]

Lemoge Electric v. County of San Mateo , 46 Cal.2d 659 [S. F. No. 19116. In Bank. June 6, 1956.] LEMOGE ELECTRIC (a Corporation), Appellant, v. COUNTY OF SAN MATEO, Respondent. COUNSEL John F. O’Dea for Appellant. Keith C. Sorenson, District Attorney, and Howard E. Gawthrop, Deputy District Attorney, for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. Plaintiff […]

Messenger v. Messenger , 46 Cal.2d 619 [L. A. No. 23276. In Bank. June 6, 1956.] BERTHA J. MESSENGER, Appellant, v. THOMAS T. MESSENGER, Respondent. COUNSEL Sidney J. W. Sharp, Herbert M. Braden and Lawrence W. Clawson for Appellant. Daniel M. Fadenrecht for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. Plaintiff and defendant were married in 1936 and […]

Bradshaw v. California Emp. Stab. Com. , 46 Cal.2d 608 [S. F. No. 19142. In Bank. June 4, 1956.] JACK W. BRADSHAW, Appellant, v. CALIFORNIA EMPLOYMENT STABILIZATION COMMISSION et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Herbert Pothier, Marcel E. Cerf, Robinson & Leland for Appellant. Arthur J. Goldberg, Nutter & Smith, Ralph Nutter and Charles P. Scully as […]

Langley v. Schumacker , 46 Cal.2d 601 [L. A. No. 23808. In Bank. June 4, 1956.] ENA DOROTHY LANGLEY, Appellant, v. SPENCER SCHUMACKER, Respondent. COUNSEL Maurice Rose for Appellant. Crawford & Baker, Ames Crawford and James H. Lyons for Respondent. [46 Cal.2d 602] OPINION SHENK, J. This is an appeal from a judgment entered following […]

Keeler v. Superior Court , 46 Cal.2d 596 [Sac. No. 6660. In Bank. June 1, 1956.] FRANCIS W. KEELER, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SACRAMENTO COUNTY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL James H. Phillips and Timothy W. O’Brien for Petitioner. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Ralph W. Scott, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondents. OPINION […]

Van Meter v. Bent Construction Co. , 46 Cal.2d 588 [L. A. No. 23369. In Bank. June 1, 1956.] MORRIS S. VAN METER, Appellant, v. BENT CONSTRUCTION COMPANY (a Partnership) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Higgs, Fletcher & Mack and Ferdinand T. Fletcher for Appellant. Procopio, Price, Cory & Schwartz, Hill, Farrer & Burrill, Alec L. […]

McCarthy v. Tally , 46 Cal.2d 577 [L. A. No. 23310. In Bank. June 1, 1956.] HAROLD McCARTHY, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. THOMAS SEYMOUR TALLY, Defendant and Appellant. [L. A. No. 23311. In Bank. June 1, 1956.] THOMAS SEYMOUR TALLY, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. HAROLD McCARTHY, Defendant and Appellant. COUNSEL Combs & Hoose, Lee Combs […]

Wiseman v. Industrial Acc. Com. , 46 Cal.2d 570 [S. F. No. 19470. In Bank. May 29, 1956.] BERENICE MARIE WISEMAN et al., Petitioners, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Henry G. Sanford and John R. Smith for Petitioners. Everett A. Corten, T. Groezinger, Daniel C. Murphy and Leonard, Hanna & Brophy for […]

People v. Merkouris , 46 Cal.2d 540 [Crim. No. 5745. In Bank. May 25, 1956.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. JAMES MERKOURIS, Appellant. COUNSEL Morris Lavine and P. Basil Lambros for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Elizabeth Miller, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION CARTER, J. Defendant, James Merkouris, was charged by information fn. […]

Estate of Sherman , 46 Cal.2d 534 [L. A. No. 23078. In Bank. May 25, 1956.] Estate of HARRY A. SHERMAN, Deceased. JACOB H. KARP, Petitioner, v. HOPALONG CASSIDY, INC., Appellant; THEODORA LOIS SHERMAN et al., Respondents. [L. A. No. 23115. In Bank. May 25, 1956.] Estate of HARRY A. SHERMAN, Deceased. JACOB H. KARP, […]

Wells v. Comstock , 46 Cal.2d 528 [L. A. No. 23929. In Bank. May 22, 1956.] E. E. WELLS et al., Respondents, v. H. THOMAS COMSTOCK et al., Appellants. COUNSEL William J. Currer, Jr., for Appellants. Trihey & Mirich and Joseph M. Trihey for Respondents. OPINION SCHAUER, J. By written contract plaintiffs Reynolds and Wells […]

Beneficial etc. Ins. Co. v. Kurt Hitke & Co. , 46 Cal.2d 517 [L. A. No. 23697. In Bank. May 22, 1956.] BENEFICIAL FIRE AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent, v. KURT HITKE AND COMPANY, INC. (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL John S. Bolton and F. V. Lopardo for Appellant. Hill & Attias, Henry Attias, […]

Lambreton v. Industrial Acc. Com. , 46 Cal.2d 498 [L. A. No. 23976. In Bank. May 18, 1956.] CESAR LAMBRETON, Petitioner, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Alexander Ruiz for Petitioner. Everett A. Corten, Edward A. Sarkisian, Daniels, Elson & Mathews, Silverberg & Fahrney and Milton H. Silverberg for Respondents. [46 Cal.2d 500] […]

Tonini v. State Bar , 46 Cal.2d 491 [S. F. No. 19421. In Bank. May 15, 1956.] EDWARD MILTON TONINI et al., Petitioners, v. STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL George G. Olshausen for Petitioners. Garrett H. Elmore for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. This is a proceeding to review a recommendation of the Board of […]

Bing Crosby Minute Maid Corp. v. Eaton , 46 Cal.2d 484 [L. A. No. 23978. In Bank. May 15, 1956.] BING CROSBY MINUTE MAID CORPORATION (a Corporation), Plaintiff and Appellant, v. WALLAZZ B. EATON, SR., Defendant and Appellant. COUNSEL Luce, Forward, Kunzel & Scripps and Edgar A. Luce, Jr., for Plaintiff and Appellant. Edmund G. […]

Hudson v. Rainville , 46 Cal.2d 474 [Sac. No. 6691. In Bank. May 11, 1956.] JESSE R. HUDSON, Appellant, v. PATRICIA Y. RAINVILLE, Respondent. COUNSEL Clewe & Blade, Clewe, Blade & McDonald and Ernest Clewe for Appellant. Peters & Peters and Jerome D. Peters, Jr., for Respondent. OPINION McCOMB, J. From a judgment in favor […]