Category: 1957

Fox v. Aced , 49 Cal.2d 381 [S. F. No. 19484. In Bank. Nov. 12, 1957.] GEORGE F. FOX III et al., Respondents, v. JAMES P. ACED et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Wexler & Wexler and Louis E. Wexler for Appellants. Carr, McClellan, Ingersoll & Thompson, Robert T. Thompson and Richard C. Amick for Respondents. OPINION […]

Minardi v. Collopy , 49 Cal.2d 348 [S. F. No. 19458. In Bank. Nov. 5, 1957.] T. A. MINARDI, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. E. A. COLLOPY et al., Defendants; A. L. CASTLE, INC. (a Corporation), Third Party Claimant and Appellant; JOHN L. STEVENSON, Third Party Claimant and Respondent. COUNSEL Rankin, Oneal, Luckhardt, Center & Hall […]

Atkinson v. Superior Court , 49 Cal.2d 338 [L. A. No. 24629. In Bank. Nov. 5, 1957.] WILLIAM (BILL) ATKINSON et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MUSICIANS et al., Real Parties in Interest. [L. A. No. 24630. In Bank. Nov. 5, 1957.] JOHN H. ANDERSON, JR., […]

Estate of Graham , 49 Cal.2d 333 [L. A. No. 24386. In Bank. Nov. 5, 1957.] Estate of JOSEPHINE H. GRAHAM, Deceased. JEAN E. FITZGERALD, Appellant, v. SALVATION ARMY OF CALIFORNIA (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL A. V. Falcone and Hugh E. McManus for Appellant. Meserve, Mumper & Hughes, J. Robert Meserve and Douglas M. Shumway […]

Rozan v. Rozan , 49 Cal.2d 322 [L. A. No. 24090. In Bank. Nov. 5, 1957.] ALICE F. ROZAN, Respondent, v. MAXWELL M. ROZAN, Appellant. COUNSEL Maxwell M. Rozan, in pro. per., for Appellant. Gustave L. Goldstein for Respondent. [49 Cal.2d 325] OPINION TRAYNOR, J. Plaintiff brought this action against her husband, Maxwell M. Rozan, […]

People v. Craig , 49 Cal.2d 313 [Crim. No. 6083. In Bank. Nov. 1, 1957.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. CLAUDE A. CRAIG, Appellant. COUNSEL Edward T. Mancuso, Public Defender (San Francisco), and Waldo F. Postel, Jr., Deputy Public Defender, for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Assistant Attorney General, Raymond M. Momboisse […]

Riley v. Superior Court , 49 Cal.2d 305 [L. A. No. 24622. In Bank. Nov. 1, 1957.] REBECCA RILEY, as Administratrix, etc., Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; NAOMI BLAIR RUOFF et al., Real Parties in Interest. COUNSEL Pines & Walsh, Harry A. Pines and Roy B. Woolsey for Petitioner. No appearance […]

Spellens v. Spellens , 49 Cal.2d 210 [L. A. Nos. 23683, 22553, 23135, 23180, 23685, 23717. In Bank. Oct. 30, 1957.] ANNELEN SPELLENS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. SOL CARL SPELLENS, Defendant and Appellant, and five connected appeals. [L. A. No. 23684. In Bank. Oct. 30, 1957.] SOL CARL SPELLENS, Appellant, v. ANNELEN SPELLENS, Respondent. COUNSEL […]

  Industrial Indem. Co. v. Golden State Co. , 49 Cal.2d 255   [S. F. No. 19389.In Bank.Oct. 30, 1957.] INDUSTRIAL INDEMNITY COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Respondents, v. GOLDEN STATE COMPANY, LTD. (a Corporation), et al., Defendants; G. W. THOMAS DRAYAGE & RIGGING COMPANY, INC. (a Corporation), et al., Defendants and Appellants; THE ROBERT […]

Radar v. Rogers , 49 Cal.2d 243 [L. A. No. 24421. In Bank. Oct. 30, 1957.] CLARENCE RADAR et al., Appellants, v. ALPHA C. ROGERS, as Administratrix, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Gray, Glass, Allen & Ransom, Dudley Gray and Gray, Glass & Allen for Appellants. Ball, Hunt & Hart and Loyal C. Pulley for Respondent. OPINION […]

People v. Valenti , 49 Cal.2d 199 [Crim. No. 6062. In Bank. Oct. 29, 1957.] THE PEOPLE, Appellant, v. JOE JOHN VALENTI, Respondent. COUNSEL Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Assistant Attorney General, and John S. McInerny, Deputy Attorney General, for Appellant. Henry Mariani, A. F. De Marco and E. M. De Mattei, […]

Craft v. Craft , 49 Cal.2d 189 [L. A. No. 24067. In Bank. Oct. 11, 1957.] ELEANOR LOUISE CRAFT, Respondent, v. JOSH COLEMAN CRAFT, Appellant. COUNSEL C. E. Crowley for Appellant. Robert G. Beloud and Robert W. Sutton for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. Defendant has appealed from certain orders relating to the modification of interlocutory […]

Robison v. Superior Court , 49 Cal.2d 186 [S. F. No. 19798. In Bank. Oct. 4, 1957.] LORENZO ROBISON, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Gregory S. Stout for Petitioner. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Assistant Attorney General, and Victor Griffith, […]

Cal. Portland Cement Co. v. Public Util. Com. , 49 Cal.2d 171 [S. F. No. 19495. In Bank. Sept. 27, 1957.] CALIFORNIA PORTLAND CEMENT COMPANY (a Corporation), Petitioner, v. PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION, Respondent; UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, Real Party in Interest. COUNSEL Wallace K. Downey for Petitioner. Everett C. McKeage and Mary Moran Pajalich for […]

Estate of Barber , 49 Cal.2d 112 [L. A. No. 24342. In Bank. Sept. 20, 1957.] Estate of CORINNE W. BARBER, Deceased. NETTIE E. WAGNER, as Administratrix With the Will Annexed, etc., Respondent, v. FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST OF LAGUNA BEACH (a Nonprofit Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL Frank S. Fitts for Appellant. Stanley M. Arndt […]

Kovacik v. Reed , 49 Cal.2d 166 [S. F. No. 19760. In Bank. Sept. 20, 1957.] STEPHEN M. KOVACIK, Respondent, v. HENRY E. REED, Appellant. COUNSEL John W. Broad and John A. Busterud for Appellant. Ralph Leon Isaacs and Albert J. McGuire for Respondent. OPINION SCHAUER, J. In this suit for dissolution of a joint […]

Estate of Stanford , 49 Cal.2d 120   [S. F. No. 19502.In Bank.Sept. 20, 1957.] Estate of JANE L. STANFORD, Deceased. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY et al., Appellants, v. AIMEE G. REYNOLDS et al., Respondents. COUNSEL James D. Adams, Albert J. Moorman, McCutcheon, Thomas, Matthew, Griffiths & Greene, Dudley Robinson, […]

Hilton v. McNitt , 49 Cal.2d 79 [L. A. No. 24528. In Bank. Sept. 17, 1957.] RUTH M. HILTON, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. ROLLIN L. McNITT, as Executor, etc., Defendant and Appellant. COUNSEL Glenn R. Watson and Robert G. Beverly for Plaintiff and Appellant. Edythe Jacobs for Defendant and Appellant. OPINION CARTER, J. This is […]

Carney v. Simmonds , 49 Cal.2d 84 [S. F. No. 19375. In Bank. Sept. 17, 1957.] FLORENCE E. CARNEY, as Administratrix, etc., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. ANNA SIMMONDS et al., Defendants and Appellants. COUNSEL Eugene S. Clifford and Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe for Plaintiff and Appellant. Jacobsen & Tobin and Harold W. Tobin for […]

People v. Sheran , 49 Cal.2d 101 [Crim. No. 6069. In Bank. Sept. 17, 1957.] THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. RODNEY G. SHERAN, Defendant and Appellant. COUNSEL Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Assistant Attorney General, Victor Griffith, Deputy Attorney General, William O. Weissich, District Attorney (Marin), and Roger Garety, Assistant District […]

McCarroll v. L. A. County etc. Carpenters , 49 Cal.2d 45 [L. A. No. 24470. In Bank. Sept. 13, 1957.] JOHNY E. McCARROLL et al., Respondents, v. LOS ANGELES COUNTY DISTRICT COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS (an Unincorporated Association) et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Arthur Garrett and James M. Nicoson for Appellants. Hill, Farrer & Burrill and Ray […]

In re Stoliker , 49 Cal.2d 75 [Crim. No. 6079. In Bank. Sept. 13, 1957.] In re LAWRENCE W. STOLIKER, on Habeas Corpus. COUNSEL Lawrence W. Stoliker, in pro. per., and Robert K. Barber, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Petitioner. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Doris H. Maier, Deputy Attorney General, for […]

Globe & Rutgers Ins. Co. v. Airborne Flower , 49 Cal.2d 38 [L. A. No. 24521. In Bank. Aug. 30, 1957.] GLOBE AND RUTGERS FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent, v. AIRBORNE FLOWER AND FREIGHT TRAFFIC, INC. (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL Wallace, Garrison, Norton & Ray and Maynard Garrison for Appellant. Joseph F. Rank and […]

Cooper v. Cooper , 49 Cal.2d 30 [S. F. No. 19475. In Bank. Aug. 13, 1957.] HAROLD EDWARD COOPER, JR., a Minor, etc., et al., Respondents, v. IDA COOPER, Individually and as Executrix, etc., Appellant. COUNSEL Raymond B. Haizlip and A. Brooks Berlin for Appellant. Sullivan & West, Clyde S. West and James B. O’Grady […]

Thurmond v. Superior Court , 49 Cal.2d 17 [Sac. No. 6795. In Bank. Aug. 6, 1957.] CHARLES J. THURMOND, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF SOLANO COUNTY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Charles J. Thurmond, in pro. per., and C. K. Curtright for Petitioner. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Doris H. Maier, Deputy Attorney General, for […]