Category: 1957

In re Petersen , 51 Cal.2d 177 [Crim. No. 6215. In Bank. Oct. 31, 1958.] In re MAGNUS J. PETERSEN, on Habeas Corpus. COUNSEL Lewis, Field, DeGoff & Stein and Marvin E. Lewis for Petitioner. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Assistant Attorney General, Arlo E. Smith, Deputy Attorney General, Thomas C. Lynch, […]

Estate of Heard , 49 Cal.2d 514 [L. A. No. 24185. In Bank. Dec. 31, 1957.] Estate of EMMA C. HEARD, Deceased. BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION (a National Banking Association), as Trustee, etc., Petitioner v. MOST WORSHIPFUL GRAND LODGE OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS (an Unincorporated Association) et al., Appellants; SHIRLEY […]

Pacific Gas & Elec. Co. v. Hufford , 49 Cal.2d 545 [Sac. No. 6844. In Bank. Dec. 31, 1957.] PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant, v. JESSE HUFFORD et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Robert H. Gerdes, F. H. Pearson, Charles T. Van Deusen, Carr & Kennedy and Malcolm A. MacKillop for Appellant. Roger Arnebergh, […]

Pac. Gas etc. Co. v. W. H. Hunt Estate Co. , 49 Cal.2d 565 [Sac. No. 6845. In Bank. Dec. 31, 1957.] PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant, v. W. H. HUNT ESTATE COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL Robert H. Gerdes, F. H. Pearson, Charles T. Van Deusen, Carr & Kennedy and Malcolm […]

Pearson v. County of Los Angeles , 49 Cal.2d 523 [L. A. No. 24637. In Bank. Dec. 31, 1957.] CARL H. PEARSON, Appellant, v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES et al., Respondents. COUNSEL S. V. O. Prichard for Appellant. Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel, Edward H. Gaylord and Andrew O. Porter, Deputy County Counsel, for Respondents. […]

Webb v. Standard Oil Co. , 49 Cal.2d 509 [Sac. No. 6821. In Bank. Dec. 27, 1957.] WALTER WEBB et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA (a Corporation) et al., Appellants; HARTFORD INSURANCE COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Cross-Complainants and Respondents. COUNSEL Cooney & Littlejohn, Devlin, Diepenbrock & Wulff, J. J. […]

Holtz v. United Plumbing & Heating Co. , 49 Cal.2d 501 [L. A. No. 24649. In Bank. Dec. 27, 1957.] DOROTHY M. HOLTZ, Appellant, v. UNITED PLUMBING AND HEATING COMPANY, INC. (a Corporation) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL William Jerome Pollack and Abraham Gottfried for Appellant. Hirson & Horn, Herbert L. Hirson, Theodore A. Horn, Edward […]

People v. Granados , 49 Cal.2d 490 [Crim. No. 6114. In Bank. Dec. 20, 1957.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. OSCAR MALDONADO GRANADOS, Appellant. COUNSEL Joseph M. Rosen for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Norman H. Sokolow, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION McCOMB, J. This is an automatic appeal from a judgment pronouncing […]

Estate of Toler , 49 Cal.2d 460 [L. A. No. 24314. In Bank. Dec. 17, 1957.] Estate of JESSIE LEE TOLER, Deceased. EDWARD J. GUIRADO, as Executor, etc., Appellant, v. SUSAN E. PONDER, as Guardian, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Harold B. Newrock for Appellant. Clyde C. Shoemaker for Respondent. OPINION SPENCE, J. The executor of the […]

Connolly v. Pre-Mixed Concrete Co. , 49 Cal.2d 483 [L. A. No. 24705. In Bank. Dec. 17, 1957.] MAUREEN CONNOLLY, Respondent, v. PRE-MIXED CONCRETE COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Luce, Forward, Kunzel & Scripps, Edgar A. Luce and Leland C. Nielsen for Appellants. Melvin M. Belli, John D. Butler and Butler, Kaminar & […]

Ambriz v. Petrolane Ltd. , 49 Cal.2d 470 [L. A. No. 24696. In Bank. Dec. 17, 1957.] AUGUSTINE AMBRIZ et al., Respondents, v. PETROLANE LTD. (a Corporation) et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Spray, Gould & Bowers, Charles F. Pendleton, Walch & Griswold and Roger R. Walch for Appellants. Bruce Walkup, Edmond A. Chevalier and Eugene L. […]

Christian Nationalist Party v. Jordan , 49 Cal.2d 448 [L. A. No. 24658. In Bank. Nov. 27, 1957.] CHRISTIAN NATIONALIST PARTY et al., Appellants, v. FRANK M. JORDAN, as Secretary of State, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Bertrand L. Comparet for Appellants. A. L. Wirin and Hugh R. Manes as Amici Curiae on behalf of Appellants. Edmund […]

Socialist Party, U.S.A. v. Jordan , 49 Cal.2d 864 [L. A. No. 24657. In Bank. Nov. 27, 1957.] SOCIALIST PARTY, U.S.A. et al., Appellants v. FRANK M. JORDAN, as Secretary of State, Respondent. COUNSEL A. L. Wirin and Paul M. Posner for Appellants. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Delbert E. Wong, Deputy Attorney General, […]

People v. Fischer , 49 Cal.2d 442 [Crim. No. 6144. In Bank. Nov. 22, 1957.] THE PEOPLE, Appellant, v. JOHN JACK FISCHER, Respondent. COUNSEL Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, William E. James, Deputy Attorney General, William B. McKesson, District Attorney (Los Angeles), Jere J. Sullivan, Lewis Watnick and Fred N. Whichello, Deputy District Attorneys, for […]

People v. Bouchard , 49 Cal.2d 438 [Crim. No. 6138. In Bank. Nov. 22, 1957.] THE PEOPLE, Appellant, v. ROSARIO JOSEPH BOUCHARD, Respondent. COUNSEL Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, William E. James, Deputy Attorney General, William B. McKesson, District Attorney (Los Angeles), Jere J. Sullivan, Fred N. Whichello, Lewis Watnick and Robert Lederman, Deputy District […]

People v. Brice , 49 Cal.2d 434 [Crim. No. 6110. In Bank. Nov. 22, 1957.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. REMMEL WAYNE BRICE, Appellant. COUNSEL Andrew R. Edwards and Douglas J. Stapel for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Elizabeth Miller, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. The jury convicted defendant of murder […]

Adams v. Superior Court , 49 Cal.2d 427 [L. A. No. 24621. In Bank. Nov. 22, 1957.] VIRGINIA BAKER ADAMS, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, Respondent; HELEN JORDAN BAKER, Real Party in Interest. COUNSEL B. H. Findlay, Stuart S. Hillman and George I. Devor for Petitioner. No appearance for Respondent. John Lewis […]

Lewis v. Lewis , 49 Cal.2d 389 [L. A. No. 24322. In Bank. Nov. 19, 1957.] GERTRUDE LEWIS, Appellant, v. ULYSSES LEWIS, Respondent. COUNSEL Brock, Easton, Fleishman & Rykoff and Robert L. Brock for Appellant. Sidney A. Cherniss and Louis Miller for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. The parties were husband and wife and were domiciled […]

People v. Carskaddon , 49 Cal.2d 423 [Crim. No. 6140. In Bank. Nov. 19, 1957.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. LEROY CARSKADDON, Appellant. COUNSEL Robert O. Fort, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Doris H. Maier and J. M. Sanderson, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent. OPINION SPENCE, J. Defendant […]

Lein v. Parkin , 49 Cal.2d 397 [L. A. No. 24663. In Bank. Nov. 19, 1957.] JULIAN LEIN, Appellant, v. ROY PARKIN, Respondent. COUNSEL Pestana & Kidwell and Hugh R. Manes for Appellant. Hill, Farrer & Burrill, Kenneth J. Murphy and Henry E. Kappler for Respondent. OPINION SPENCE, J. Plaintiff appeals from a judgment entered […]

People v. McCaughan , 49 Cal.2d 409 [Crim. No. 6050. In Bank. Nov. 19, 1957.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. VELVA IRENE McCAUGHAN, Appellant. COUNSEL Sutter & Carter and Douglas M. Sutter for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Doris H. Maier and John Fourt, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. A jury found […]

Estate of Fallon , 49 Cal.2d 402 [S. F. No. 19539. In Bank. Nov. 19, 1957.] Estate of FREDERICK ARTHUR FALLON, Deceased. AMERICAN TRUST COMPANY, as Special Administrator, etc., Appellant, v. MARGARET FALLON, Respondent. COUNSEL Lange & Rockwell and C. Dan Lange for Appellant. Appeal, Liebermann & Leonard and Cyril Appel for Respondent. OPINION SPENCE, […]

Gillespie v. Rawlings , 49 Cal.2d 359 [L. A. No. 24611. In Bank. Nov. 12, 1957.] ELIZABETH GILLESPIE, Respondent, v. MARY B. RAWLINGS, Appellant. COUNSEL Parker, Stanbury, Reese & McGee and White McGee for Appellant. Wayne Veatch, Henry R. Thomas, Albert L. Garvey and Henry F. Walker for Respondent. OPINION SCHAUER, J. Defendant appeals from […]

State of Calif. v. Industrial Acc. Com. , 49 Cal.2d 354 [L. A. No. 24469. In Bank. Nov. 12, 1957.] STATE OF CALIFORNIA, SUBSEQUENT INJURIES FUND, Petitioner, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Irving H. Perluss, Assistant Attorney General, and F. G. Girard, Deputy Attorney General, for Petitioner. […]

In re Security Finance Co. , 49 Cal.2d 370 [S. F. No. 19455. In Bank. Nov. 12, 1957.] In re SECURITY FINANCE COMPANY (a Corporation), in Process of Voluntary Winding Up. EARL R. ROUDA, Respondent, v. GEORGE N. CROCKER et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, Long & Levit, Malcolm T. Dungan and Bert […]