Category: 1956

People v. Nunn , 46 Cal.2d 460 [Crim. No. 5748. In Bank. May 8, 1956.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. LESLIE ROBERT NUNN, Appellant. COUNSEL Morris Lavine for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Elizabeth Miller, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION McCOMB, J. After trial before a jury defendant, an osteopathic physician, was convicted […]

People v. Dixon , 46 Cal.2d 456 [Crim. No. 5816. In Bank. May 4, 1956.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. DOROTHY DIXON, Appellant. COUNSEL Dorothy Dixon, in pro. per., John H. Marshall and Henry S. Rupp for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and William E. James, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. Defendant […]

Tiedje v. Aluminum Taper Milling Co. , 46 Cal.2d 450 [L. A. No. 24088. In Bank. May 4, 1956.] R. T. TIEDJE, Appellant, v. ALUMINUM TAPER MILLING COMPANY, INC. (a Corporation) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Lech T. Niemo and William R. Law for Appellant. Alan H. Cassman and Edmund I. Read for Respondents. OPINION SPENCE, […]

Burke v. Chrostowski , 46 Cal.2d 444 [L. A. No. 23979. In Bank. May 4, 1956.] THOMAS BURKE et al., Appellants, v. STANLEY M. CHROSTOWSKI, Respondent. COUNSEL Harry M. Irwin for Appellants. Joseph L. Graves for Respondent. OPINION SPENCE, J. Plaintiffs appeal from a judgment for defendant in an action between partners following the dissolution […]

Continental Cas. Co. v. Phoenix Constr. Co. , 46 Cal.2d 423 [L. A. No. 23225. In Bank. May 4, 1956.] CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant, v. PHOENIX CONSTRUCTION COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Defendants and Respondents; UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYD’S, LONDON (an Unincorporated Association) et al., Interveners and Respondents. COUNSEL Jennings & Belcher, Sigurd E. […]

City of Oakland v. Burns , 46 Cal.2d 401 [S. F. No. 19137. In Bank. May 1, 1956.] CITY OF OAKLAND, Appellant, v. FRANK A. BURNS et al., Defendants; HERMAN STELZNER et al., Respondents. COUNSEL J. Kerwin Rooney, Port Attorney, and Edward A. Goggin, Assistant Port Attorney, for Appellant. Rodney H. Hamblin, Joseph M. Hamblin, […]

Sprague v. Industrial Acc. Com. , 46 Cal.2d 414 [S. F. No. 19386. In Bank. May 1, 1956.] BARBARA LEE SPRAGUE, Petitioner, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Johnson, Thorne, Speed & Bamford and Harry Bamford for Petitioner. Everett A. Corten, Daniel C. Murphy, Leonard, Hanna & Brophy and Edmond G. Leonard for […]

County of San Bernardino v. Simmons , 46 Cal.2d 394 [L. A. No. 23973. In Bank. Apr. 27, 1956.] COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO, Respondent, v. RUTH SIMMONS, Appellant. COUNSEL James E. Walker for Appellant. Albert E. Weller, County Counsel, Margaret J. Morris and J. B. Lawrence, Deputy County Counsel, for Respondent. OPINION SCHAUER, J. Plaintiff […]

Clark v. Cuin , 46 Cal.2d 386 [L. A. No. 23392. In Bank. Apr. 10, 1956.] JOHN CLARK, Appellant v. C. C. CUIN, Respondent. COUNSEL Dickenson, Sattinger & McKee, Dickenson & Sattinger and Wesley Dickenson for Appellant. Charles F. Sturdevant, Jr., for Respondent. OPINION SCHAUER, J. In this quiet-title action defendant cross-complained and judgment was […]

Albertson v. Raboff , 46 Cal.2d 375 [L. A. No. 23159. In Bank. Apr. 10, 1956.] CHRISTINE J. ALBERTSON, Appellant, v. JOSEPH RABOFF, Respondent. COUNSEL Charles Murstein and Albert E. Wheatcroft for Appellant. Paul R. Hutchinson and C. L. Gardner for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. In 1948 defendant brought an action against plaintiff in which […]

Egan v. State Bar , 46 Cal.2d 370 [S. F. No. 19367. In Bank. Mar. 27, 1956.] GEO. C. W. EGAN, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL Geo. C. W. Egan, in pro. per., for Petitioner. Garrett H. Elmore for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. This is a proceeding to review a recommendation […]

Mathys v. Turner , 46 Cal.2d 364 [L. A. No. 23807. In Bank. Mar. 22, 1956.] G. MATHYS, Appellant, v. RICHARD H. TURNER, Respondent. COUNSEL S. V. O. Prichard for Appellant. Algerdas N. Cheleden for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. Plaintiff, as assignee, sued to recover $10,000, alleged to be the reasonable value of attorney’s services, […]

Levy v. Wolff , 46 Cal.2d 367 [S. F. No. 19434. In Bank. Mar. 22, 1956.] HAROLD B. LEVY et al., Respondents, v. C. LeROY WOLFF, Appellant. COUNSEL Breed, Robinson & Stewart, Hoey, Hall & Conti and Ned Robinson for Appellant. Edmund S. Barnett for Respondents. OPINION McCOMB, J. Defendant appeals from a money judgment […]

Reinert v. Industrial Acc. Com. , 46 Cal.2d 349 [L. A. No. 23954. In Bank. Mar. 20, 1956.] JOANNE REINERT, a Minor, etc., Petitioner, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Hennigan & Ryneal for Petitioner. Everett A. Corten, Edward A. Sarkisian and Herlihy & Herlihy for Respondents. OPINION CARTER, J. This is a […]

Hischemoeller v. Nat. Ice etc. Storage Co. , 46 Cal.2d 318 [L. A. No. 23816. In Bank. Mar. 2, 1956.] HERBERT HISCHEMOELLER, Respondent, v. NATIONAL ICE AND COLD STORAGE COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL James D. Garibaldi, Gavin McNab, Schmulowitz, Sommer & Wyman, Nat Schmulowitz, Peter S. Sommer and Ronald P. Klein for Appellant. McBain […]

State Comp. Ins. Fund v. McConnell , 46 Cal.2d 330 [S. F. No. 19164. In Bank. Mar. 2, 1956.] STATE COMPENSATION INSURANCE FUND et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. F. BRITTON McCONNELL, as State Insurance Commissioner, etc., Respondent; INDUSTRIAL INDEMNITY COMPANY, Intervener and Appellant. COUNSEL Donald Gallagher, Loton Wells, McFarland, Laumeister & Ferdon, Edward R. […]

Hopkins v. Hopkins , 46 Cal.2d 313 [L. A. No. 23791. In Bank. Mar. 2, 1956.] PEARL C. HOPKINS, Appellant, v. GUY B. HOPKINS, Respondent. COUNSEL Courtney A. Teel for Appellant. George B. Bush for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. Plaintiff brought this action in September 1950 to collect the accrued arrearages not barred by the […]

Edgar v. Hitch , 46 Cal.2d 309 [L. A. No. 23739. In Bank. Mar. 2, 1956.] JOHN H. EDGAR, Respondent, v. DAN S. HITCH, Appellant. COUNSEL Donald D. Roff for Appellant. Conron, Heard & James and Calvin H. Conron for Respondent. OPINION SHENK, J. The defendant Hitch appeals from a judgment awarding the plaintiff $660 […]

People v. Maddox , 46 Cal.2d 301 [Crim. No. 5683. In Bank. Feb. 28, 1956.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. ELJOE MADDOX, Appellant. COUNSEL Eljoe Maddox, in pro. per., and Clinton Wayne White, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Assistant Attorney General, and Leo. J. Vander […]

In re McNally , 46 Cal.2d 307 [Crim. No. 5783. In Bank. Feb. 28, 1956.] In re WILLIAM J. McNALLY, on Habeas Corpus. COUNSEL William J. McNally, in pro. per., and Gerald J. Levie, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Petitioner. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and William E. James, Deputy Attorney General, for […]

In re Malotte , 46 Cal.2d 300 [Crim. No. 5755. In Bank. Feb. 27, 1956.] In re MABEL MALOTTE, on Habeas Corpus. COUNSEL Leslie C. Gillen and John R. Golden for Petitioner. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Assistant Attorney General, Raymond M. Momboisse, Deputy Attorney General, Thomas C. Lynch, District Attorney (San […]

Willson v. Superior Court , 46 Cal.2d 291 [L. A. No. 23924. In Bank. Feb. 24, 1956.] MONA FLOY WILLSON, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Respondent. COUNSEL Edgar B. Hervey and James Edgar Hervey for Appellant. James Don Keller, District Attorney (San Diego), and Luther L. Leeger, Deputy District Attorney, for Respondent. […]

People v. Farrara , 46 Cal.2d 265 [Crim. No. 5822. In Bank. Feb. 24, 1956.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. JAMES FARRARA et al., Appellants. COUNSEL G. Vernon Brumbaugh for Appellants. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Joan D. Gross, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. Defendants James and Helen Farrara appeal from orders […]

People v. Beard , 46 Cal.2d 278 [Crim. No. 5809. In Bank. Feb. 24, 1956.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. ALFRED LEONZA BEARD, Appellant. COUNSEL Joseph H. Lewis and E. V. Cavanaugh for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, William E. James, Marvin Gross and Joan D. Gross, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. […]

Badillo v. Superior Court , 46 Cal.2d 269 [S. F. No. 19346. In Bank. Feb. 24, 1956.] VICTOR BADILLO, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Respondent. COUNSEL MacInnis, Alaga & Glassman and Harry P. Glassman for Petitioner. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Chief Assistant Attorney General, […]