Category: 1957

L. B. Price Mercantile Co. v. Industrial Acc. Com. , 49 Cal.2d 13 [L. A. No. 24439. In Bank. Aug. 6, 1957.] L. B. PRICE MERCANTILE COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Petitioners, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION and ARTIE J. DAVIS, Respondents. COUNSEL McCartney & Hall, Stephen J. Grogan and John L. Struett for Petitioners. Everett […]

Schecter v. Superior Court , 49 Cal.2d 3 [L. A. No. 24405. In Bank. Aug. 6, 1957.] JOSEPH SCHECTER, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; CITIZENS NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK OF LOS ANGELES et al., Real Parties in Interest. COUNSEL George I. Devor and Irving M. Walker for Petitioner. Harold W. […]

People v. Case , 49 Cal.2d 24 [Crim. No. 6043. In Bank. Aug. 6, 1957.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. CHARLES BIGELOW CASE, Appellant. COUNSEL Cantillon & Cantillon, Michael Cantillon and Paul M. McDonough for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Norman H. Sokolow and Benjamin E. King, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent. [49 Cal.2d 26] […]

Wirin v. Parker , 48 Cal.2d 890 [L. A. No. 24053. In Bank. Aug. 6, 1957.] A. L. WIRIN, Appellant, v. WILLIAM H. PARKER, as Chief of Police, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL A. L. Wirin, in pro. per., Fred Okrand and Nathan L. Schoichet for Appellant. Roger Arnebergh, City Attorney (Los Angeles), Bourke Jones, Alan G. […]

Porter v. Montgomery Ward & Co., Inc. , 48 Cal.2d 846 [Sac. No. 6798. In Bank. Aug. 2, 1957.] NORMAN R. PORTER et al., Respondents, v. MONTGOMERY WARD AND COMPANY, INC., et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Orr M. Chenoweth, Chenoweth & Leininger, David L. Dickson and William L. Niemann for Appellants. Gray, Cary, Ames & Frye, […]

In re Carmen , 48 Cal.2d 851   [Crim. No. 5667.In Bank.Aug. 2, 1957.] In re RAYNA TOM CARMEN, on Habeas Corpus. COUNSEL Mason A. Bailey and Leonard J. Bloom for Petitioner. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Assistant Attorney General, and Arlo E. Smith, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION SPENCE, J. […]

Mooney v. Bartenders Union Local No. 284 , 48 Cal.2d 841 [L. A. No. 24422. In Bank. Aug. 2, 1957.] RUSSELL W. MOONEY et al., Respondents, v. BARTENDERS UNION LOCAL NO. 284 (an Unincorporated Association) et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Alexander H. Schullman and Abe Mutchnik for Appellants. Elmer H. V. Hoffman and Harry W. Dudley […]

Geiger v. Board of Supervisors , 48 Cal.2d 832 [Sac. No. 6796. In Bank. July 19, 1957.] GERALD M. GEIGER, Petitioner, v. THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF BUTTE COUNTY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Thelen, Marrin, Johnson & Bridges and Edward J. Ruff for Petitioner. Charles H. Andrews, County Counsel, and Francis R. Crable, Assistant County […]

Brawner v. State Bar , 48 Cal.2d 814 [L. A. No. 23991. In Bank. July 10, 1957.] WILLIAM H. BRAWNER, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL Glenn A. Lane for Petitioner. Ellis D. Reiter and Garrett H. Elmore for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. It was charged that petitioner received a check for […]

Plumer v. Plumer , 48 Cal.2d 820 [L. A. No. 24197. In Bank. July 10, 1957.] MARGARET L. PLUMER, Respondent, v. EVERETT T. PLUMER, Appellant. COUNSEL Fogel, McInerny & West, James E. West, Jr., and Steven Edmondson for Appellant. Hahn, Ross & Saunders and E. Lloyd Saunders for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. On September 22, […]

Grainger v. Antoyan , 48 Cal.2d 805 [L. A. No. 24160. In Bank. July 3, 1957.] KYLE Z. GRAINGER, JR., as Trustee, etc., Appellant, v. ALBERT ANTOYAN, Respondent. [L.A. No. 24446. In Bank. July 3, 1957.] MAX H. GEWIRTZ et al., as Executors, etc., Appellants, v. SIDNEY MARBACK et al., Defendants; A. L. ANTOYAN, Respondent. […]

Bloom v. Bender , 48 Cal.2d 793 [L. A. No. 24508. In Bank. July 2, 1957.] SAMUEL S. BLOOM, Respondent, v. BESS BENDER, Appellant. COUNSEL Simon, Brown & Arnold and Merrill Brown for Appellant. Milton D. Klein and Gerald A. Margolis for Respondent. Morrison, Foerster, Holloway, Shuman & Clark, J. F. Shuman and Howard M. […]

Knight v. Kaiser Co. , 48 Cal.2d 778 [S. F. No. 19697. In Bank. June 28, 1957.] HELEN KNIGHT, Appellant, v. KAISER COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL Charles O. Morgan, Jr., for Appellant. Frederick M. Van Sicklen and James C. Calkins for Respondent. OPINION McCOMB, J. From a judgment predicated upon the sustaining of defendant’s […]

People v. Carter , 48 Cal.2d 737 [Crim. No. 5910. In Bank. June 21, 1957.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. THOMAS CARTER, Appellant. COUNSEL Robert K. Stone, under appointment by the Supreme Court, Laughlin & McKalson and Robert E. Laughlin for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Doris H. Maier and J. M. Sanderson, Deputy Attorneys […]

Daggett v. Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co. , 48 Cal.2d 655 [L. A. No. 24392. In Bank. June 21, 1957.] JOHN S. DAGGETT, Respondent; PAUL R. SMITH et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. THE ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Defendants and Appellants. COUNSEL Melvin M. Belli, William […]

People v. Duroncelay , 48 Cal.2d 766 [Crim. No. 6008. In Bank. June 21, 1957.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. PAUL J. DURONCELAY, Appellant. COUNSEL Donald R. Fretz, Public Defender (Merced), for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Doris H. Maier and James M. Sanderson, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. Defendant was convicted […]

  People v. Bashor , 48 Cal.2d 763 [Crim. No. 6004. In Bank. June 21, 1957.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. DONALD KEITH BASHOR, Appellant. COUNSEL Terrence W. Cooney, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Elizabeth Miller, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. [48 Cal.2d 764] OPINION GIBSON, C.J. […]

Powell v. Superior Court , 48 Cal.2d 704 [L. A. No. 24522. In Bank. June 21, 1957.] JOHN DYSON POWELL, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent. COUNSEL Gladys Towles Root, Eugene V. McPherson and Joseph A. Armstrong for Petitioner. William B. McKesson, District Attorney (Los Angeles), Jere J. Sullivan, Fred N. […]

Beckley v. Reclamation Board , 48 Cal.2d 710 [Sac. No. 6768. In Bank. June 21, 1957.] CLARA L. BECKLEY, as Administratrix, etc., Appellant, v. RECLAMATION BOARD etc., et al., Respondents. C. F. SEAVER et al., Appellants, v. RECLAMATION BOARD etc., et al., Respondents. D. W. GEORGE et al., Appellants, v. RECLAMATION BOARD etc., et al., […]

Cohen v. Penn Mut. Life Ins. Co. , 48 Cal.2d 720 [S. F. No. 19647. In Bank. June 21, 1957.] ELIZABETH R. COHEN, Respondent, v. THE PENN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL Henry C. Clausen, Henry C. Clausen, Jr., Walker Lowry and McCutchen, Thomas, Matthew, Griffiths & Greene for Appellant. Rockwell & […]

Fricker v. Uddo & Taormina Co. , 48 Cal.2d 696 [L. A. No. 24479. In Bank. June 21, 1957.] LARRY FRICKER et al., Respondents, v. UDDO & TAORMINA COMPANY (a Partnership), Appellant. COUNSEL Rimel & Johnston and Jack J. Rimel for Appellant. Mize, Larsh, Mize & Hubbard, Delbert L. Larsh and Royal E. Hubbard for […]

Martin Sch. of Aviation v. Bank of America , 48 Cal.2d 689 [L. A. No. 24459. In Bank. June 21, 1957.] MARTIN SCHOOL OF AVIATION, INC. (a Corporation), Appellant, v. BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION (a National Association), as Executor, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Winthrop O. Gordon and Nathan W. Tarr for Appellant. […]

County of Los Angeles v. Faus , 48 Cal.2d 672 [L. A. No. 24444. In Bank. June 21, 1957.] COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, Respondent, v. L. C. FAUS et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Holbrook, Tarr, Carter & O’Neill, W. Sumner Holbrook, Jr., Francis H. O’Neill, S. V. O. Prichard, Charles F. Reiche, Walhfred Jacobson, City Attorney […]

Estate of Dow , 48 Cal.2d 649 [S. F. No. 19406. In Bank. June 17, 1957.] Estate of EDGAR LAURENCE DOW, Deceased. MAXINE PATRICIA HUTCHINSON, Appellant, v. MAXINE B. DOW, Respondent. COUNSEL William A. White, Hutchinson & Quattrin and J. Albert Hutchinson for Appellant. J. Oscar Goldstein, P. M. Barceloux, Burton J. Goldstein, Goldstein, Barceloux […]

Rupp v. Teets , 48 Cal.2d 647 [S. F. No. 19692. In Bank. June 14, 1957.] WILLIAM FRANCIS RUPP, Appellant, v. HARLEY O. TEETS, as Warden of State Prison, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL A. J. Zirpoli and P. Basil Lambros for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Assistant Attorney General, and Arlo E. […]