Category: 1959

People v. Thomas , 52 Cal.2d 521 [Crim. No. 6455. In Bank. July 24, 1959.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. ROBERT THOMAS, Appellant. COUNSEL Spiegel, Turner & Wolfson and Gerald G. Wolfson for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown and Stanley Mosk, Attorneys General, Elizabeth Miller and David B. Allen, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent. OPINION SCHAUER, J. […]

Davis v. Kendrick , 52 Cal.2d 517 [L. A. No. 25433. In Bank. July 10, 1959.] ADA E. DAVIS et al., Appellants, v. R. R. KENDRICK, Respondent. COUNSEL Simmons & Simmons and Herbert W. Simmons, Jr., for Appellants. Roger Arnebergh, City Attorney (Los Angeles), and William B. Burge, Deputy City Attorney, for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, […]

In re Freiburghouse , 52 Cal.2d 514 [L. A. No. 25369. In Bank. July 8, 1959.] In re WAYNE M. FREIBURGHOUSE, on Disbarment. COUNSEL Lionel T. Campbell for Petitioner. Garrett H. Elmore for Respondent, The State Bar. OPINION THE COURT. Wayne M. Freiburghouse, an attorney admitted to practice law in this state, was charged with […]

American Automobile Ins. Co. v. Republic Indemnity Co. , 52 Cal.2d 507 [L. A. No. 25367. In Bank. July 8, 1959.] AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent, v. REPUBLIC INDEMNITY COMPANY OF AMERICA (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL Wyman & Finell and Marvin Finell for Appellant. Bledsoe, Smith, Cathcart, Johnson & Phelps, Wilbur J. Russ, […]

State Board of Education v. Levit , 52 Cal.2d 441 [Sac. No. 7057. In Bank. July 2, 1959.] THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, Petitioner, v. BERT W. LEVIT, as Director of Finance, Respondent. COUNSEL Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, B. Abbott Goldberg, Assistant Attorney General, Richard L. Mayers and Preble Stolz, Deputy Attorneys General for Petitioner. […]

Shapiro v. Republic Indem. Co. of America , 52 Cal.2d 437 [L. A. No. 25379. In Bank. July 2, 1959.] SOPHIE SHAPIRO et al., Respondents, v. REPUBLIC INDEMNITY COMPANY OF AMERICA (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL Wyman & Finell and Marvin Finell for Appellant. [52 Cal.2d 438] Oscar Richard Cummins and Morton R. Goodman for Respondents. […]

People v. Langdon , 52 Cal.2d 425 [Crim. No. 6391. In Bank. June 26, 1959.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. HAROLD ALMUS LANGDON, Appellant. COUNSEL Thomas L. Berkley and Frederic L. Harvey, Jr., for Appellant. Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Chief Assistant Attorney General, and John S. McInerny, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. [52 […]

Stephenson v. City of Palm Springs , 52 Cal.2d 407 [L. A. No. 24645. In Bank. June 26, 1959.] WALTER L. STEPHENSON et al., Respondents, v. CITY OF PALM SPRINGS et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Jerome J. Bunker, City Attorney, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter, Balthis & Hampton, George R. Richter, Jr., and Edwin H. Franzen for Appellants. […]

Funk v. Superior Court , 52 Cal.2d 423 [L. A. No. 25404. In Bank. June 26, 1959.] ERNEST M. FUNK, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent. COUNSEL Low, Stone, & Emery and Joseph Stone for Petitioner. Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, William B. McKesson, District Attorney (Los […]

Pacific Employers Ins. Co. v. Industrial Acc. Com. , 52 Cal.2d 417 [L. A. No. 25397. In Bank. June 26, 1959.] PACIFIC EMPLOYERS INSURANCE COMPANY (a Corporation), Petitioner, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION and TOM L. STROER, Respondents. COUNSEL Clopton & Penny and Robert C. Wreisner for Petitioner. Everett A. Corten, Edward A. Sarkisian, Levy, Russell, […]

Vinnell Co. v. Pacific Elec. Ry. Co. , 52 Cal.2d 411 [L. A. No. 25377. In Bank. June 26, 1959.] VINNELL COMPANY, INC. (a Corporation), Respondent, v. PACIFIC ELECTRIC RAILWAY COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL E. D. Yeomans, Edward A. Hume and James W. O’Brien for Appellant. Thielen, Marrin, Johnson & Bridges, James W. Baldwin, […]

People v. Corwin , 52 Cal.2d 404 [Crim. No. 6395. In Bank. June 24, 1959.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. LAWRENCE GLENN CORWIN, Appellant. COUNSEL Ellery E. Cuff, Public Defender (Los Angeles), Richard S. Buckley and Richard W. Erskine, Deputy Public Defenders, for Appellant. [52 Cal.2d 405] Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, and William E. James, Assistant […]

Simmons v. Superior Court , 52 Cal.2d 373 [L. A. No. 25320. In Bank. June 24, 1959.] C. K. SIMMONS, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Respondent; SANTA BARBARA ICE AND COLD STORAGE COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Real Parties in Interest. COUNSEL Price, Postel & Parma, H. Clarke Gaines and Gerald S. […]

City of Port Hueneme v. City of Oxnard , 52 Cal.2d 888 [L. A. No. 25358. In Bank. June 24, 1959.] CITY OF PORT HUENEME, Petitioner, v. CITY OF OXNARD et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Jerome H. Berenson, City Attorney, and Burke, Williams & Sorenson for Petitioner. Joseph W. Goss, City Attorney, for Respondents. OPINION OF […]

Morro Palisades Co. v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. , 52 Cal.2d 397 [L. A. No. 25357. In Bank. June 24, 1959.] MORRO PALISADES COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant, v. THE HARTFORD ACCIDENT AND INDEMNITY COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Charles E. Ogle for Appellant. A. H. Brazil for Respondents. OPINION SCHAUER, J. This […]

City of Port Hueneme v. City of Oxnard , 52 Cal.2d 385 [L. A. No. 25345. In Bank. June 24, 1959.] CITY OF PORT HUENEME, Appellant, v. CITY OF OXNARD et al., Respondents. CITY OF OXNARD, Respondent, v. CITY OF PORT HUENEME, Appellant. COUNSEL Jerome H. Berenson, City Attorney, Burke, Williams & Sorenson and Royal […]

Katzev v. County of Los Angeles , 52 Cal.2d 360 [L. A. No. 25012. In Bank. June 24, 1959.] J. KATZEV et al., Appellants, v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Gang, Kopp & Tyre, Martin Gang, Milton A. Rudin and Payson Wolff for Appellants. A. L. Wirin, Fred Okrand and Richard J. […]

People v. Durazo , 52 Cal.2d 354 [Crim. No. 6427. In Bank. June 23, 1959.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. RAYMOND DURAZO, Appellant. COUNSEL Ellery E. Cuff, Public Defender (Los Angeles), Paul G. Breckenridge, Jr., and John Brettmann, Deputy Public Defenders, for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown and Stanley Mosk, Attorneys General, and William E. James, Assistant […]

Lambert v. Southern Counties Gas Co. , 52 Cal.2d 347 [L. A. No. 25414. In Bank. June 23, 1959.] CLARENCE E. LAMBERT et al. Appellants, v. SOUTHERN COUNTIES GAS COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL W. P. Butcher and Frank R. Crandall for Appellants. Schramm, Raddue & Seed and Edw. W. Schramm for Respondent. […]

County of San Bernardino v. Harsh California Corp. , 52 Cal.2d 341 [L. A. No. 25089. In Bank. June 23, 1959.] COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO et al., Respondents, v. HARSH CALIFORNIA CORPORATION (a Corporation), Defendants; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Intervener and Appellant. COUNSEL Charles K. Rice, Assistant Attorney General, Lee A. Jackson and John J. […]

In re Clark , 52 Cal.2d 322 [L. A. No. 25406. In Bank. June 19, 1959.] In re OLIVER O. CLARK, on Suspension of License. COUNSEL Morris Lavine for Petitioner. Garrett H. Elmore and Willis E. Urick, Jr., for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. On May 22, 1956, Oliver O. Clark, an attorney at law, was […]

Arden v. State Bar , 52 Cal.2d 310 [L. A. No. 25269. In Bank. June 19, 1959.] LAWRENCE JOHN ARDEN, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL Darling, Shattuck & Edmonds and Edward S. Shattuck for Petitioner. Charles F. Howard and Garrett H. Elmore for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. Petitioner seeks review of […]

People v. Prewitt , 52 Cal.2d 330 [Crim. No. 6444. In Bank. June 19, 1959.] THE PEOPLE, Appellant, v. HENRY VICTOR PREWITT, Respondent. COUNSEL Edmund G. Brown and Stanley Mosk, Attorneys General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, William B. McKesson, District Attorney (Los Angeles), Jere J. Sullivan, Lewis Watnick and Robert Lederman, Deputy District […]

People v. Chevalier , 52 Cal.2d 299 [L. A. No. 25275. In Bank. June 16, 1959.] THE PEOPLE ex rel. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, Respondent, v. STUART CHEVALIER et al., Defendants; RICHARD C. GOODSPEED et al., Appellants. THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, Respondent, v. RICHARD C. GOODSPEED et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Richard C. Goodspeed, in […]

Martin v. Alcoholic Bev. etc. Appeals Bd. , 52 Cal.2d 287 [S. F. No. 20102. In Bank. June 12, 1959.] THOMAS W. MARTIN, as Director of the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, Respondent, v. ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL APPEALS BOARD OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Defendant and Appellant; MARTIN BERT HALEY, Real Party in Interest and […]