Category: 1958

Drennan v. Star Paving Co. , 51 Cal.2d 409 [L. A. No. 25024. In Bank. Dec. 31, 1958.] WILLIAM A. DRENNAN, Respondent, v. STAR PAVING COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL Atus P. Reuther, Norman Soibelman, Obegi & High and Earl J. McDowell for Appellant. S. B. Gill for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. Defendant appeals from […]

Church v. Public Utilities Com. , 51 Cal.2d 399 [S. F. No. 19974. In Bank. Dec. 30, 1958.] HAYDEN W. CHURCH, Petitioner, v. PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Monteleone & McCrory, Stephen Monteleone and Esther Darrell McCrory for Petitioner. Everett C. McKeage, Chief Counsel, Roderick B. Cassidy, Assistant […]

Woley v. Turkus , 51 Cal.2d 402 [S. F. No. 20053. In Bank. Dec. 30, 1958.] K. WOLEY, Appellant, v. STANLEY PHILIP TURKUS, Respondent. COUNSEL Abraham Setzer for Appellant. Charles O. Morgan, Jr., and George R. Moscone for Respondent. OPINION SHENK, J. A judgment of dismissal of this action was rendered pursuant to section 583 […]

In re Bandmann , 51 Cal.2d 388 [Crim No. 6305. In Bank. Dec. 23, 1958.] In re CHARLES BANDMANN, JR. on Habeas Corpus. COUNSEL Ruth Lubbe Young for Petitioner. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Chief Assistant Attorney General, and Raymond M. Momboisse, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION CARTER, J. This is […]

In re Osslo , 51 Cal.2d 371 [Crim. No. 6295. In Bank. Dec. 23, 1958.] In re MAX OSSLO and ARTHUR L. MEYER, on Habeas Corpus. COUNSEL Charles P. Scully and Thomas Whelan for Petitioners. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, James Don Keller, District Attorney (San Diego) and Claude […]

Sugarman v. State Board of Equalization , 51 Cal.2d 361 [S. F. No. 19777. In Bank. Dec. 23, 1958.] E. SUGARMAN, Respondent, v. STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION, Appellant. COUNSEL Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, James E. Sabine, Assistant Attorney General, Ernest P. Goodman and Eugene B. Jacobs, Deputy Attorneys General, for Appellant. Walter E. Drobisch […]

People v. Williams , 51 Cal.2d 355 [Crim. No. 6275. In Bank. Dec. 19, 1958.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. ROBERT WILLIAMS, Appellant. COUNSEL Ellery E. Cuff, Public Defender (Los Angeles), and Paul G. Breckenridge, Jr., Deputy Public Defender, for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown and Stanley Mosk, Attorneys General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, and […]

L.A. County Flood Control Dist. v. Southern Cal. Edison Co. , 51 Cal.2d 331 [L. A. No. 24935. In Bank. Dec. 19, 1958.] LOS ANGELES COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT, Appellant, v. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel, and Edward H. Gaylord, Deputy County Counsel, for Appellant. Gibson, Dunn […]

Stockton Theatres, Inc. v. Palermo , 51 Cal.2d 346 [Sac. No. 6829. In Bank. Dec. 19, 1958.] STOCKTON THEATRES, INC. (a Corporation), Appellant, v. EMIL PALERMO et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Freed & Freed and Eli Freed for Appellant. Forrest E. Macomber, in pro. per., Smith & Zeller and Charles A. Zeller for Respondents. OPINION CARTER, […]

Flying Tiger Line, Inc. v. County of L. A. , 51 Cal.2d 314 [L. A. No. 24532. In Bank. Dec. 16, 1958.] THE FLYING TIGER LINE, INC. (a Corporation), Respondent, v. THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel, Gordon Boller, Assistant County Counsel, and Alfred Charles DeFlon, Deputy […]

Pesce v. Dept. Alcoholic Bev. Control , 51 Cal.2d 310 [S. F. No. 19959. In Bank. Dec. 12, 1958.] GASTON PESCE, Respondent, v. DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Charles A. Barrett and Wiley W. Manuel, Deputy Attorneys General, for Appellants. [51 Cal.2d 311] Theodore Golden, Robert […]

Silva v. Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control , 51 Cal.2d 885 [S. F. No. 20056. In Bank. Dec. 12, 1958.] MANUEL SILVA et al., Respondents, v. DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Wiley W. Manuel, Deputy Attorney General, for Appellants. Golden & Stefan, Theodore Golden, Robert […]

Bumb v. Bennett , 51 Cal.2d 294 [L. A. No. 24884. In Bank. Dec. 12, 1958.] AUGUST J. BUMB, Respondent, v. MINNIE M. BENNETT et al., Appellants. COUNSEL William Katz for Appellants. Harold A. Slane, Harold A. Slane, Jr., and Sidney J. Unickel for Respondent. Glen Behymer, James M. Conners, Cyril W. McClean, Brown & […]

Coates v. Chinn , 51 Cal.2d 304 [Sac. No. 7002. In Bank. Dec. 12, 1958.] MARJORIE COATES et al., Appellants, v. JESSIE ROBSON CHINN et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Laura O. Coffield, Charles R. Garry, Francis J. McTernan and Garry, Dreyfus, McTernan & Keller for Appellants. Taft, Wright & Hopkins and Cranson L. Hopkins for Respondents. […]

People v. Berve , 51 Cal.2d 286 [Crim. No. 6274. In Bank. Dec. 5, 1958.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. NELLARD ROBERT BERVE, Appellant. COUNSEL Robert H. Aarons for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Elizabeth Miller and Albert Bianchi, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent. OPINION CARTER, J. Defendant, Nellard Berve, appeals from a judgment of […]

McNeil v. Board of Retirement , 51 Cal.2d 278 [Sac. No. 6738. In Bank. Dec. 5, 1958.] A. M. McNEIL et al., Respondents, v. BOARD OF RETIREMENT COUNTY OF STANISLAUS et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Frederick W. Reyland, Jr., County Counsel, David G. Dunford and William R. Mitchell, Assistant County Counsel, and Clayton M. Ham, Deputy […]

Iriart v. Southwest Fertilizer etc. Co. , 51 Cal.2d 270 [L. A. No. 25138. In Bank. Nov. 25, 1958.] JAMES IRIART, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. SOUTHWEST FERTILIZER AND CHEMICAL COMPANY (a Partnership) et al., Defendants and Appellants; B. F. KNAPP et al., Interveners and Appellants. COUNSEL Dickinson, Sattinger & McKee and Lewis A. Plourd for […]

Tupper v. Superior Court , 51 Cal.2d 263 [S. F. No. 19978. In Bank. Nov. 21, 1958.] JAMES W. TUPPER, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF MARIN COUNTY, Respondent. COUNSEL Carl B. Shapiro for Petitioner. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Assistant Attorney General, and Raymond M. Momboisse, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION […]

Scott v. Scott , 51 Cal.2d 249 [L. A. No. 24855. In Bank. Nov. 18, 1958.] JOHN W. SCOTT, Respondent, v. WINIFRED C. SCOTT, Appellant. COUNSEL Monta W. Shirley and George W. Nilsson for Appellant. Hahn, Ross & Saunders and E. Loyd Saunders for Respondent. OPINION McCOMB, J. Defendant Winifred C. Scott appeals from a […]

Barber v. Barber , 51 Cal.2d 244 [L. A. No. 24741. In Bank. Nov. 18, 1958.] MARTHA M. BARBER, Respondent, v. MARION M. BARBER, Appellant. COUNSEL Macbeth & Ford, Patrick J. Ford and Moira D. Ford for Appellant. No appearance for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. Plaintiff and her husband, who were married in Oklahoma in […]

Calhoun v. Superior Court , 51 Cal.2d 257 [L.A. No. 25029. In Bank. Nov. 18, 1958.] BERNARD P. CALHOUN, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Thomas Whelan for Petitioner. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, William E. James, Deputy Attorney General, James Don Keller, District Attorney (San Diego), Jack R. […]

Laird v. T. W. Mather, Inc. , 51 Cal.2d 210 [L. A. No. 25048. In Bank. Nov. 14, 1958.] ELLA S. LAIRD, Respondent, v. T. W. MATHER, INC. (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL Moss, Lyon & Dunn, Sidney A. Moss and Henry F. Walker for Appellant. Adams, Duque & Hazeltine and James S. Cline for Respondent. […]

Kubon v. Kubon , 51 Cal.2d 229 [S. F. No. 19740. In Bank. Nov. 14, 1958.] BROOKEE KUBON, Appellant, v. WALTER KUBON, Respondent. COUNSEL Robert W. Corlett for Appellant. Bruce B. Bales for Respondent. OPINION McCOMB, J. Plaintiff appeals from a judgment denying her recovery on a Nevada money judgment which was based on orders […]

Smith v. Kern County Land Co. , 51 Cal.2d 205 [L. A. No. 24608. In Bank. Nov. 14, 1958.] WILLIAM V. SMITH, Appellant, v. KERN COUNTY LAND COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL Oscar F. Catalano for Appellant. Borton, Petrini, Conron & Brown, P. R. Borton and R. D. Patterson, Jr., for Respondent. OPINION SPENCE, J. […]

People v. Feldkamp , 51 Cal.2d 237 [Crim. No. 6242. In Bank. Nov. 14, 1958.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. JAMES LEWIS FELDKAMP, Appellant. COUNSEL Charles Hollopeter, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION SPENCE, J. Defendant entered a plea […]