Category: 1958

Flying Tiger Line, Inc. v. U.S. Aircoach , 51 Cal.2d 199 [L. A. No. 24692. In Bank. Nov. 3, 1958.] THE FLYING TIGER LINE, INC. (a Corporation), Respondent, v. UNITED STATES AIRCOACH (a Corporation) et al., Defendants; FRITZ HUTCHESON, Appellant. COUNSEL John W. Preston, John W. Preston, Jr., and Lawrence L. Light for Appellant. Hill, […]

Motores De Mexicali v. Superior Court , 51 Cal.2d 172 [L. A. No. 25069. In Bank. Oct. 31, 1958.] MOTORES DE MEXICALI, S. A. (a Corporation), Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; ERWIN G. RESNICK et al., Real Parties in Interest. COUNSEL Utley & Houck and Alden F. Houck for Petitioner. No […]

Nelson v. Reisner , 51 Cal.2d 161 [L. A. No. 24457. In Bank. Oct. 31, 1958.] M. C. NELSON et al., Appellants, v. C. H. REISNER, Respondent. COUNSEL Albert Picard, Mack, Bianco, King & Eyherabide, Burton M. Greenberg and D. Bianco for Appellants. Hackett & Hubbard, Ralph B. Hubbard, Borton, Petrini, Conron & Brown, George […]

People v. Doyle , 51 Cal.2d 158 [Crim. No. 6212. In Bank. Oct. 28, 1958.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. DENNIS JOHN DOYLE, Appellant. COUNSEL Wallace A. Pinnick, under appointment by the Supreme Court, and Austin, Austin, Jones, & Chaffee for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and William E. James, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. […]

People v. Benford , 51 Cal.2d 884 [Crim. No. 6204. In Bank. Oct. 28, 1958.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. HUGH EDWARD BENFORD, Appellant. COUNSEL Bertram H. Ross, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and William E. James, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION OF THE COURT Memorandum THE […]

People v. Hyde , 51 Cal.2d 152 [Crim. No. 6194. In Bank. Oct. 28, 1958.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. JACK HYDE, Appellant. COUNSEL Albert Simon, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Albert Bianchi and Elizabeth Miller, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. Defendant was charged with […]

City & County of S. F. v. Ho Sing , 51 Cal.2d 127 [S. F. No. 19977. In Bank. Oct. 24, 1958.] CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Appellant, v. HO SING et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Dion R. Holm, City Attorney, and George E. Baglin, Deputy City Attorney, for Appellant. Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon and […]

General Dynamics Corp. v. County of L. A. , 51 Cal.2d 59 [L. A. No. 24818. In Bank. Oct. 24, 1958.] GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION (a Corporation), Plaintiff and Respondent, v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES et al., Appellants; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Intervener and Respondent. [L. A. No. 24819. In Bank. Oct. 24, 1958.] AEROJET-GENERAL CORPORATION […]

People v. City of Palm Springs , 51 Cal.2d 38 [L. A. No. 24796. In Bank. Oct. 24, 1958.] THE PEOPLE ex rel. JOHN AVERNA et al., Appellant, v. CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, Respondent. COUNSEL Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Eugene B. Jacobs and Delbert E. Wong, Deputy Attorneys General, Joseph A. Lazaroni and E. […]

Brown v. Terra Bella Irrigation Dist. , 51 Cal.2d 33 [L. A. No. 24529. In Bank. Oct. 24, 1958.] MERRIL J. BROWN et al., Appellants, v. TERRA BELLA IRRIGATION DISTRICT, Respondent. COUNSEL Mack, Bianco, King & Eyherabide and Dominic Biancho for Appellants. Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, Turner H. McBaine, James L. Wanvig, Severson, Davis & […]

Vance v. Superior Court , 51 Cal.2d 92 [L. A. No. 25125. In Bank. Oct. 24, 1958.] WILLIAM E. VANCE, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL John F. O’Laughlin for Petitioner. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, James Don Keller, District Attorney (San Diego), […]

Security-First Nat. Bank v. Rogers , 51 Cal.2d 24 [L. A. No. 24527. In Bank. Oct. 24, 1958.] SECURITY-FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF LOS ANGELES (a National Banking Association), as Trustee, etc., Plaintiff and Respondent, v. WILLIAM P. ROGERS, as Attorney General of the United States, etc., Appellant; MARGARET MANN et al., Defendants and Respondents. COUNSEL […]

Macfarlane v. Dept. Alcoholic Bev. Control , 51 Cal.2d 84 [L. A. No. 25097. In Bank. Oct. 24, 1958.] BRUCE MACFARLANE, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL et al., Respondents. COUNSEL John J. Bradley for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Edward M. Belasco, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondents. OPINION SCHAUER, J. The […]

Stansbury, Inc. v. Superior Court , 51 Cal.2d 80 [L. A. No. 25070. In Bank. Oct. 24, 1958.] STANSBURY, INCORPORATED (a Corporation), Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, Respondent; JOHN W. GOLDEN, Real Party in Interest. COUNSEL Ball, Hunt & Hart and Donald B. Caffray for Petitioner. Alber E. Weller, County Counsel, and […]

Carl F. W. Borgward, G.M.B.H. v. Superior Court , 51 Cal.2d 72 [L. A. No. 25060. In Bank. Oct. 24, 1958.] CARL F. W. BORGWARD, G.M.B.H. (a Corporation), Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; A. W. WOOLVERTON et al., Real Parties in Interest. COUNSEL Overton, Lyman & Prince, Eugene Overton and Ernest […]

People v. Poindexter , 51 Cal.2d 142 [Crim. No. 6268. In Bank. Oct. 24, 1958.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. LUTHER POINDEXTER, Appellant. COUNSEL Kenneth C. Zwerin, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Assistant Attorney General, John S. McInerny and Victor Griffith, Deputy Attorneys General, Thomas […]

Reynolds v. Willson , 51 Cal.2d 94 [S. F. No. 19761. In Bank. Oct. 24, 1958.] KEITH REYNOLDS, a Minor, etc., Respondent, v. MELVILLE E. WILLSON et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Leonard, Hanna & Brophy, Donald R. Brophy, Stammer, McKnight & Barnum and Wild, Christensen, Barnard & Wild for Appellants. Nicholas H. Dubsick, Dubsick & Helon, […]

Mattei v. Hopper , 51 Cal.2d 119 [S. F. No. 19806. In Bank. Oct. 24, 1958.] PETER O. MATTEI, Appellant, v. AMELIA F. HOPPER, Respondent. COUNSEL Jay R. Martin and William F. Sharon for Appellant. Carlson, Collins, Gordon & Bold, George R. Gordon, John L. Garaventa and Dean Ormsby for Respondent. OPINION SPENCE, J. Plaintiff […]

Guerrieri v. Severini , 51 Cal.2d 12 [S. F. No. 19961. In Bank. Oct. 17, 1958.] LEWIS GUERRIERI et al., Appellants, v. PHIL J. SEVERINI et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Wild, Christensen, Barnard & Wild, William R. Manson and Robert M. Barnard for Appellants. James Robert Nielsen, Iener W. Nielsen and Harold V. Thompson for Respondents. […]

Agnew v. City of Los Angeles , 51 Cal.2d 1 [L. A. No. 24734. In Bank. Oct. 17, 1958.] R. W. AGNEW, Appellant, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES et al., Respondents. COUNSEL R. W. Agnew, in pro. per., for Appellant. Roger Arnebergh, City Attorney, Bourke Jones and James A. Doherty, Assistant City Attorneys, and Ralph […]

Cal. Gas. Retailers v. Regal Petroleum Corp. , 50 Cal.2d 844 [S. F. No. 19635. In Bank. Oct. 14, 1958.] CALIFORNIA GASOLINE RETAILERS (a Nonprofit Corporation) et al., Respondents, v. REGAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION OF FRESNO, INC. (a Corporation) et al., Appellants. COUNSEL A. E. Stebbings, C. Neil Ash, James D. Garibaldi, Frank C. Lerrigo, Eckhart […]

Chessman v. Superior Court , 50 Cal.2d 835 [L. A. No. 25061. In Bank. Oct. 2, 1958.] CARYL CHESSMAN, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY et al., Respondents; THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest. COUNSEL Caryl Chessman, in pro. per., for Petitioner. No appearance for Respondents or Real Party in Interest. OPINION SCHAUER, […]

Mitchell v. Superior Court , 50 Cal.2d 827 [S. F. No. 19704. In Bank. Oct. 1, 1958.] MARTHA MITCHELL et al., Petitioners, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Respondent. COUNSEL Arthur D. Klang for Petitioners. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Assistant Attorney General, William M. Bennett and […]

People v. McShann , 50 Cal.2d 802 [Crim. No. 6243. In Bank. Oct. 1, 1958.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. ROBERT McSHANN, Appellant. COUNSEL Vaughns, Dixon & White and Clinton W. White for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Assistant Attorney General, and Victor Griffith, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. […]

Priestly v. Superior Court , 50 Cal.2d 812 [S. F. No. 19911. In Bank. Oct. 1, 1958.] CLYDE M. PRIESTLY, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Respondent. COUNSEL Arthur D. Klang for Petitioner. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Assistant Attorney General, and Arlo E. Smith, Deputy […]