Category: 1959

People v. Glatman , 52 Cal.2d 283 [Crim. No. 6420. In Bank. June 5, 1959.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. HARVEY MURRAY GLATMAN, Appellant. COUNSEL Willard Whittinghill, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Appellant. Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, and Jack E. Goertzen, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, […]

Bellflower City School Dist. v. Skaggs , 52 Cal.2d 278 [L. A. No. 25337. In Bank. June 5, 1959.] BELLFLOWER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Appellant, v. CARL E. SKAGGS et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel, Richard L. Riemer, Richard A. Del Guercio and A. R. Early, Deputy County Counsel, […]

City Lincoln-Mercury Co. v. Lindsey , 52 Cal.2d 267 [L. A. No. 25290. In Bank. June 2, 1959.] CITY LINCOLN-MERCURY COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent, v. L. V. LINDSEY, Appellant. COUNSEL Victor Bewley for Appellant. Delbridge, Hamblin & Linton and Donald M. Hamblin for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. This case involves the questions whether a contract […]

In re Tartar , 52 Cal.2d 250 [Crim. No. 6407. In Bank. May 29, 1959.] In re GEORGE P. TARTAR, on Habeas Corpus. COUNSEL Lawrence W. Jordan, Jr., under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Petitioner. Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, and Doris H. Maier, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION SCHAUER, J. By application for […]

Trabin v. Title Ins. & Trust Co. , 52 Cal.2d 149 [L. A. No. 25309. In Bank. May 19, 1959.] HARRY TRABIN, Respondent, v. TITLE INSURANCE AND TRUST COMPANY (a Corporation), as Executor, etc., et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Clement H. Jacomini, Lever & Anker and Sidney Dorfman for Appellants. Samuel Duskin and David S. Smith […]

Chavez v. Sargent , 52 Cal.2d 162  [S. F. No. 19863. In Bank. May 19, 1959.] TED CHAVEZ, Appellant, v. O. E. SARGENT et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Garvin W. Hale for Appellant. Severson, Davis & Larson, Nathan R. Berke and George Brunn as Amici Curiae on behalf of Appellant. Morgan & Beauzay, Robert Morgan and […]

Retail Clerks’ Union v. Superior Court , 52 Cal.2d 222 [Sac. No. 6938. In Bank. May 19, 1959.] RETAIL CLERKS’ UNION, LOCAL NO. 1364, AFL-CIO (an Unincorporated Association) et al., Petitioners, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF TRINITY COUNTY, Respondent; CORNELIUS A. HOOD et al., Real Parties in Interest. COUNSEL Charles P. Scully, Victor Van Bourg and […]

Rodriguez v. Barnett , 52 Cal.2d 154 [L. A. No. 25336. In Bank. May 19, 1959.] ROMEO A. RODRIGUEZ et al., Respondents, v. J. P. BARNETT, Appellant. COUNSEL Adelman & Schwartz and Milton M. Adelman for Appellant. Wadsworth, Fraser & McClung and Charles E. McClung for Respondents. OPINION SHENK, J. The defendant fn. 1 appeals […]

People v. Camodeca , 52 Cal.2d 142 [Crim. No. 6412. In Bank. May 12, 1959.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. FRANK CAMODECA, Appellant. COUNSEL Robert H. Kroninger for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown and Stanley Mosk, Attorneys General, Clarence A. Linn, Chief Assistant Attorney General, John S. McInerny, Deputy Attorney General, J. F. Coakley, District Attorney (Alameda), […]

Goto v. Goto , 52 Cal.2d 118 [L. A. Nos. 24946, 24947. In Bank. May 8, 1959.] MASAKO GOTO, Appellant, v. JAMES GOTO, Respondent. COUNSEL Macbeth & Ford, Malcolm S. Millard, James E. Fagan, Scott Raymond and Moira Deirdre Ford for Appellant. William H. Neblett for Respondent. OPINION SHENK, J. These appeals are by the […]

Williams v. Fairhaven Cemetery Assn. , 52 Cal.2d 135 [L. A. No. 25327. In Bank. May 8, 1959.] WALTER WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. FAIRHAVEN CEMETERY ASSOCIATION (a Nonprofit Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL Rutan, Lindsay, Dahl, Smedegaard, Howell & Tucker, W. W. McCray and James R. Moore for Appellant. Ball, Hunt & Hart and Clarence S. Hunt for […]

Sturr v. State Bar , 52 Cal.2d 125 [L. A. No. 25274. In Bank. May 8, 1959.] GEORGE B. T. STURR, Petitioner. v. STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. COUNSEL George B. T. Sturr, in pro. per., and George O. West for Petitioner. Garrett H. Elmore and Francis M. Wheat for Respondent. OPINION THE COURT. This […]

Garcia v. Soogian , 52 Cal.2d 107 [Sac. No. 6913. In Bank. May 5, 1959.] DOLORES GARCIA, a Minor, etc., Respondent, v. HARRY SOOGIAN et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Jack Coffey for Appellants. Cardozo, Trimbur & Nickerson and John M. Trimbur for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. In this action, which was tried by the court sitting […]

Immel v. Langley , 52 Cal.2d 104 [L.A. No. 25338. In Bank. May 5, 1959.] ALVIN A. IMMEL et al., Appellants, v. RAY B. LANGLEY, Respondent. COUNSEL Horton, Knox & Carter, Harry W. Horton, Reginald L. Knox and James H. Carter for Appellants. Beard & Wien, J. William Beard and Henry Wien for Respondent. OPINION […]

Cornell v. Superior Court , 52 Cal.2d 99 [L. A. No. 25328. In Bank. May 5, 1959.] HAROLD D. CORNELL, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Respondent. COUNSEL Harold D. Cornell, in pro. per., for Petitioner. Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, James Don Keller, District Attorney (San Diego), […]

People v. Chapman , 52 Cal.2d 95 [Crim. No. 6428. In Bank. May 1, 1959.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. JACK H. CHAPMAN et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Gerald J. Levie and Burt Marks for Appellants. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Jack E. Goertzen, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. Jack H. Chapman and […]

People v. Taylor , 52 Cal.2d 91 [Crim. No. 6419. In Bank. May 1, 1959.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. LAURINE TAYLOR, Appellant. COUNSEL Henry C. Huntington and E. V. Cavanaugh for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION McCOMB, J. From a judgment of guilty of […]

Coggins v. Hanchette , 52 Cal.2d 67 [L. A. No. 25295. In Bank. May 1, 1959.] VESTA COGGINS, Appellant, v. IRENE HANCHETTE, Respondent. COUNSEL Stephenson & Yelovich and George M. Stephenson for Appellant. Chase, Rotchford, Downen & Drukker, Henry J. Bogust and Otto M. Kaus for Respondent. OPINION SCHAUER, J. Plaintiff appeals from an adverse […]

In re Chester , 52 Cal.2d 87 [Crim. No. 6058. In Bank. May 1, 1959.] In re JEAN L. CHESTER, on Habeas Corpus. COUNSEL Winters & Winters, Robert K. Winters, Beeman & Johnson and William L. Beeman for Petitioner. Edmund G. Brown and Stanley Mosk, Attorneys General, Doris H. Maier and J. M. Sanderson, Deputy […]

Hamud v. Hawthorne , 52 Cal.2d 78 [L. A. No. 25335. In Bank. May 1, 1959.] JENNIE HAMUD et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants v. E. T. HAWTHORNE et al., Defendants and Appellants. COUNSEL Curtis L. Gemmil for Plaintiffs and Appellants. George C. Gillette, Herbert Gall, John U. Gall and Edward Fitzpatrick for Defendants and Appellants. […]

Texas Co. v. County of Los Angeles , 52 Cal.2d 55 [L.A. No. 24968. In Bank. Apr. 24, 1959.] THE TEXAS COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant, v. THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES et al., Respondents. [L.A. No. 25102. In Bank. Apr. 24, 1959.] FORSTER SHIPBUILDING COMPANY, INC. (a Corporation) et al., Appellants, v. COUNTY OF LOS […]

People v. Nash , 52 Cal.2d 36 [Crim. No. 6133. In Bank. Apr. 24, 1959.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. STEPHEN A. NASH, Appellant. COUNSEL Richard S. Buckley, Deputy Public Defender (Los Angeles), and George T. Davis, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Appellant. Maxwell E. Greenberg as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Appellant. Stanley […]

People v. Linden , 52 Cal.2d 1 [Crim. No. 6191. In Bank. Apr. 22, 1959.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. MARION JAMES LINDEN, Appellant. COUNSEL Frank Heller, under appointment by the Supreme Court, and Lester M. Fleischner for Appellant. Additional briefs, by permission of the court, were filed by the Appellant pro se. Edmund G. Brown, […]

People v. City of Long Beach , 51 Cal.2d 875 [L. A. No. 25119. In Bank. Apr. 22, 1959.] THE PEOPLE et al., Appellants, v. CITY OF LONG BEACH, Respondent. COUNSEL Stanley Mosk and Edmund G. Brown, Attorneys General, Leonard M. Friedman, Assistant Attorney General, and F. G. Girard, Deputy Attorney General, for Appellants. Theodore […]

Casida v. Roberts , 51 Cal.2d 853 [L. A. No. 24771. In Bank. Apr. 21, 1959.] CLAUDE F. CASIDA, Appellant, v. HOLLIS B. ROBERTS, Respondent. COUNSEL Morris B. Chain and William E. Swiney for Appellant. Baker, Palmer, Wall & Raymond and Claude F. Baker for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. This action, in which plaintiff seeks […]