Category: 1957

Neff v. Ernst , 48 Cal.2d 628 [L. A. No. 23988. In Bank. May 31, 1957.] DENNIS S. NEFF et al., Respondents, v. CLEMENT L. ERNST, as Administrator, etc., Appellant. COUNSEL Caryl Warner for Appellant. William G. Bolton and John A. Michael for Respondents. [48 Cal.2d 631] OPINION SHENK, J. The defendant appeals from a […]

In re Gonsalves , 48 Cal.2d 638 [Crim. No. 5986. In Bank. May 31, 1957.] In re ABEL GONSALVES, on Habeas Corpus. COUNSEL Abel Gonsalves, in pro. per., and Jerome A. Duffy, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Petitioner. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Assistant Attorney General, and Arlo E. Smith, […]

Lavine v. Jessup , 48 Cal.2d 611 [L. A. No. 24143. In Bank. May 28, 1957.] MORRIS LAVINE, Appellant, v. ROGER JESSUP et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Morris Lavine, in pro. per., for Appellant. Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel (Los Angeles), Iver E. Skjeie, Deputy County Counsel, and William J. Cusack, for Respondents. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. […]

Reid v. Valley Restaurants, Inc. , 48 Cal.2d 606 [L. A. No. 24064. In Bank. May 28, 1957.] JESSIE L. REID et al., Respondents, v. VALLEY RESTAURANTS, INC. (a Corporation) et al., Appellant. COUNSEL Albert E. Isenberg and Don Lowry for Appellant. Girard F. Baker and John W. Erpelding for Respondents. OPINION McCOMB, J. From […]

Lamoreux v. San Diego etc. Ry. Co. , 48 Cal.2d 617 [L. A. No. 24271. In Bank. May 28, 1957.] FANNIE M. LAMOREUX, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. SAN DIEGO AND ARIZONA EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Defendants and Appellants; UNION SUGAR COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL David M. McGahey for Plaintiff and Appellant. […]

Hardy v. Vial , 48 Cal.2d 577 [L. A. No. 24292. In Bank. May 24, 1957.] ROSS HARDY, Appellant, v. JAMES LESLIE VIAL et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Desmond & Desmond and Walter Desmond for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Lee B. Stanton, Deputy Attorney General, and George H. Chula, for Respondents. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. […]

Estate of Wolfe , 48 Cal.2d 570 [L. A. No. 24167. In Bank. May 24, 1957.] Estate of MERLAND JOSE WOLFE, Deceased. LEANORE L. WOLFE, Appellant, v. TROI C. WOLFE, Respondent. COUNSEL Church, Howard & Stevens and Charles F. Howard for Appellant. Paul R. Hutchinson for Respondent. OPINION SHENK, J. Leanore L. Wolfe, the sister […]

People v. Dement , 48 Cal.2d 600 [Crim. No. 6016. In Bank. May 24, 1957.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. FOSTER SETH DEMENT, Appellant. COUNSEL Westrum & Harvey and George R. Harvey for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Elizabeth Miller, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION SHENK, J. The defendant was charged by information […]

Evelyn, Inc., v. California Emp. Stab. Com. , 48 Cal.2d 588 [Sac. No. 6673. In Bank. May 24, 1957.] EVELYN, INCORPORATED (a Corporation) et al., Appellants, v. CALIFORNIA EMPLOYMENT STABILIZATION COMMISSION et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Homer E. Geis and Robert A. Waring for Appellants. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Irving H. Perluss, Assistant Attorney General, […]

Lewis v. Neblett , 48 Cal.2d 564 [L. A. No. 23998. In Bank. May 24, 1957.] IDA LEWIS, Respondent, v. WILLIAM H. NEBLETT, as Administrator, etc., Appellant. COUNSEL Harry W. Dudley for Appellant. Leonard D. Nasatir for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. Plaintiff brought this action against the estate of Eddie W. Sellers to establish a […]

People v. One 1953 Ford Victoria , 48 Cal.2d 595 [S. F. No. 19686. In Bank. May 24, 1957.] THE PEOPLE, Appellant, v. ONE 1953 FORD VICTORIA MOTOR B3PV 102617, Defendant; DEAN AND COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Assistant Attorney General, and Raymond M. Momboisse, Deputy Attorney […]

Arenson v. National Auto. & Cas. Ins. Co. , 48 Cal.2d 528 [L. A. No. 24193. In Bank. May 10, 1957.] IRVING ARENSON, Appellant, v. NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL William Katz for Appellant. Parker, Stanbury, Reese & McGee and Charles Agor Harrison for Respondent. OPINION SCHAUER, J. This is […]

People v. Corrigan , 48 Cal.2d 551 [Crim. No. 6001. In Bank. May 10, 1957.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. FRANK CORRIGAN, Appellant. COUNSEL Frank Corrigan, in pro. per., Robert W. Cole, Public Defender (Sacramento), William D. Heekin, Assistant Public Defender, and Ralph D. Drayton, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, […]

People v. Moore , 48 Cal.2d 541 [Crim. No. 5992. In Bank. May 10, 1957.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. WILLIAM GERALD MOORE, JR., Appellant. COUNSEL John C. McCarthy and Theo. G. Krumm, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Assistant Attorney General, Raymond M. Momboisse, Deputy […]

Case v. Superior Court , 48 Cal.2d 526 [L. A. No. 24535. In Bank. May 8, 1957.] CHARLES B. CASE, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent. COUNSEL Cantillon & Cantillon for Petitioner. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Norman H. Sokolow, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION McCOMB, J. This is a […]

Bradley v. Superior Court , 48 Cal.2d 509 [S. F. No. 19646. In Bank. May 7, 1957.] JAMES PARKS BRADLEY, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Respondent; FRANCES (BRADLEY) LANE, Real Party in Interest. COUNSEL Sullivan, Roche, Johnson & Farraher and James Farraher for Petitioner. No appearance for […]

Nardoni v. McConnell , 48 Cal.2d 500 [L. A. No. 24423. In Bank. May 6, 1957.] AUGUST MAURICE NARDONI et al., Appellants, v. F. BRITTON McCONNELL, as State Insurance Commissioner, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Bernard C. Brennan, William E. Cornell, Blase A. Bonpane and Hill, Farrer & Burrill for Appellants. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and […]

People v. Randazzo , 48 Cal.2d 484 [Crim. No. 5996. In Bank. Apr. 30, 1957.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. DONALD RICHARD RANDAZZO, Appellant. COUNSEL Morris Lavine for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Elizabeth Miller, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. Defendant was charged by information in two counts, robbery (Pen. Code, […]

People v. Union Oil Co. , 48 Cal.2d 476 [Sac. No. 6610. In Bank. Apr. 26, 1957.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. UNION OIL COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL L. A. Gibbons, Douglas C. Gregg, A. Andrew Hauk and Lewis D. Lawrence for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, James E. Sabine and Irving H. Perluss, […]

PEOPLE’S CHURCH OF SAN FERNANDO VALLEY, INC. v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES , 48 Cal.2d 899 [L. A. No. 23790. In Bank. Apr. 24, 1957.] THE PEOPLE’S CHURCH OF SAN FERNANDO VALLEY, INC. (a Corporation), Respondent, v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel, Gordon Boller, Assistant County Counsel, […]

SPEISER v. RANDALL , 48 Cal.2d 903 [S. F. No. 19322. In Bank. Apr. 24, 1957.] LAWRENCE SPEISER, Respondent, v. JUSTIN A. RANDALL, as Assessor, etc., Appellant. [S. F. No. 19323. In Bank. Apr. 24, 1957.] LAWRENCE SPEISER, Respondent, v. MARY ELLEN FOLEY, as Assessor, etc., Appellant. COUNSEL Francis W. Collins, District Attorney (Contra Costa), […]

Prince v. City & County of S. F. , 48 Cal.2d 472 [S. F. No. 19450. In Bank. Apr. 24, 1957.] DANIEL PRINCE, Appellant, v. CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Respondent. COUNSEL Lawrence Speiser and Ralph Wertheimer for Appellant. Charles E. Beardsley and Stanley A. Weigel as Amici Curiae on behalf of Appellant. Dion […]

First Unitarian Church v. County of L. A. , 48 Cal.2d 419   [L. A. No. 23847.In Bank.Apr. 24, 1957.] FIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH OF LOS ANGELES (a Corporation), Appellant, v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES et al., Respondents. COUNSEL William R. Murrish, George T. Altman and Robert L. Brock for Appellant. Charles E. Beardsley and Stanley […]

In re Atchley , 48 Cal.2d 408 [Crim. No. 5749. In Bank. Apr. 23, 1957.] In re C. L. ATCHLEY, on Habeas Corpus. COUNSEL C. L. Atchley, in pro. per., and Michael di Leonardo, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Petitioner. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Doris H. Maier and J. M. Sanderson, Deputy […]

People v. Marshall , 48 Cal.2d 394 [Crim. No. 6002. In Bank. Apr. 19, 1957.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. CLYDE ROBERT MARSHALL, Appellant. COUNSEL Robert W. Herrick for Appellant. Edmund G .Brown, Attorney General, and Arthur L. Martin, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. Roy A. Gustafson, District Attorney (Ventura), as Amicus Curiae. OPINION SCHAUER, J. […]