Category: 1959

Brunner v. Superior Court , 51 Cal.2d 616 [L. A. No. 25193. In Bank. Feb. 18, 1959.] JOHN R. BRUNNER, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF ORANGE COUNTY, Respondent; WILSHIRE OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA (a Corporation), Real Party in Interest. COUNSEL Wirin, Rissman & Okrand, A. L. Wirin and Paul M. Posner for Petitioner. Joel E. […]

People v. Turville , 51 Cal.2d 620 [Crim. No. 6224. In Bank. Feb. 18, 1959.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. CHARLES EVAN TURVILLE, JR., Appellant. [Crim. No. 6249. In Bank. Feb. 18, 1959.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. LAMAR MITCHELL, Appellant. COUNSEL Morris Lavine, under appointment by the Supreme Court, and William L. White for Appellants. Edmund […]

People v. Carswell , 51 Cal.2d 602 [Crim. No. 6347. In Bank. Feb. 17, 1959.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. FRANK CARSWELL, Appellant. COUNSEL James M. Dennis, under appointment by the Supreme Court, O. A. Goth and Goth & Dennis for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Chief Assistant Attorney General, and Arlo […]

People v. Cartier , 51 Cal.2d 590 [Crim. No. 6273. In Bank. Feb. 17, 1959.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. RAYMOND L. CARTIER, Appellant. COUNSEL Robert K. Barber, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Norman H. Sokolow, Deputy Attorney General, James Don Keller, District Attorney (San Diego), and F. […]

Gonzi v. Superior Court , 51 Cal.2d 586 [S. F. No. 20016. In Bank. Feb. 17, 1959.] MARY FRANCES GONZI, a Minor, etc., Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Respondent; DAILY NEWS COMPANY, LTD. (a Corporation) et al., Real Parties in Interest. COUNSEL Delany, Fishgold & Freitas and Matthew […]

Riddle v. Leuschner , 51 Cal.2d 574 [Sac. No. 6745. In Bank. Feb. 11, 1959.] S. H. RIDDLE et al., Respondents, v. RICHARD D. LEUSCHNER et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Robert D. Carter for Appellants. Mellis & Stockton and Cleveland J. Stockton for Respondents. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. S. H. Riddle commenced this action for declaratory and […]

People v. Castaldia , 51 Cal.2d 569 [Crim. No. 6351. In Bank. Feb. 10, 1959.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. JOSEPH CASTALDIA, Appellant. COUNSEL David A. Fall and Kenneth W. Gale for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Carl Baronkay, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. [51 Cal.2d 570] OPINION McCOMB, J. Defendant appeals, after a […]

Geddes & Smith, Inc. v. St. Paul Mercury Indemnity Co. , 51 Cal.2d 558 [Sac. No. 6914. In Bank. Feb. 10, 1959.] GEDDES & SMITH, INC. (a Corporation), Appellant, v. SAINT PAUL MERCURY INDEMNITY COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL Riggins, Rossi & Kongsgaard and Clarence N. Riggins for Appellant. Desmond, McLaughlin & Russell and Jerome […]

Santa Fe Transp. v. State Board of Equal , 51 Cal.2d 531 [L. A. No. 24769. In Bank. Feb. 6, 1959.] SANTA FE TRANSPORTATION COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent, v. STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION, Appellant. COUNSEL Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, James E. Sabine, Assistant Attorney General, Dan Kaufmann, James C. Maupin and Jay L. Shavelson, […]

Hotle v. Miller , 51 Cal.2d 541 [Sac. No. 6819. In Bank. Feb. 6, 1959.] HAROLD L. HOTLE et al., as Executors, etc., Appellants, v. EVELYN F. MILLER, as Special Administrator, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Donald M. Scott and Lounibos & Lounibos for Appellants. Leon J. Libeu and Frank W. Finn for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. […]

People v. Dewberry , 51 Cal.2d 548 [Crim. No. 6335. In Bank. Feb. 6, 1959.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. JOHN DEWBERRY, Appellant. COUNSEL Gladstein, Andersen, Leonard & Sibbett, George R. Andersen and Norman Leonard for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Assistant Attorney General, and John S. McInerny, Deputy Attorney General, for […]

Vangel v. Vangel , 51 Cal.2d 510 [L. A. No. 24725. In Bank. Feb. 3, 1959.] NICK VANGEL et al., Respondents, v. CHARLES VANGEL, Appellant. COUNSEL Pacht, Ross, Warne & Bernhard, Isaac Pacht and Harvey M. Grossman for Appellant. Harold M. Heimbaugh and George W. Rochester for Respondents. [51 Cal.2d 512] OPINION CARTER, J. Defendant, […]

People v. Duncan , 51 Cal.2d 523 [Crim. No. 6287. In Bank. Feb. 3, 1959.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. VENDER LEE DUNCAN, Appellant. COUNSEL Edward T. Mancuso, Public Defender (San Francisco), and Waldo F. Postel, Jr., Assistant Public Defender, for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Chief Assistant Attorney General, John S. […]

Courtell v. McEachen , 51 Cal.2d 448 [L. A. No. 24383. In Bank. Feb. 2, 1959.] DONNA JEAN COURTELL, a Minor, etc., Respondent, v. HAZEL M. McEACHEN et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Murchison & Cumming, R. Bruce Murchison and Warren D. Allen for Appellants. Frank W. Swann, Jr., for Respondent. [51 Cal.2d 453] OPINION GIBSON, C.J. […]

Agnew v. City of Culver City , 51 Cal.2d 474 [L. A. No. 25283. In Bank. Feb. 2, 1959.] R. W. AGNEW, Respondent, v. CITY OF CULVER CITY et al., Appellants. COUNSEL M. Tellefson, City Attorney, for Appellants. R. W. Agnew, in pro. per., for Respondent. OPINION McCOMB, J. This cause was transferred to this […]

Cal. Water & Tel. Co. v. Public Util. Com. , 51 Cal.2d 478 [S. F. No. 19690. In Bank. Feb. 2, 1959.] CALIFORNIA WATER AND TELEPHONE COMPANY (a Corporation), Petitioner, v. PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Claude N. Rosenberg, Tadini Bacigalupi, Jr., and Bacigalupi, Elkus & Salinger for […]

Coy v. Superior Court , 51 Cal.2d 471 [L. A. No. 25209. In Bank. Feb. 2, 1959.] DONALD A. COY, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent. COUNSEL John P. Brown and J. C. Radzik for Petitioner. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, William B. McKesson, District Attorney (Los Angeles), Ralph F. Bagley, Jere […]

Rapp v. Gibson , 51 Cal.2d 467 [L. A. No. 25107. In Bank. Feb. 2, 1959.] LEO D. RAPP, Appellant, v. VERA K. GIBSON et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Baker, Palmer, Wall & Raymond and Oran W. Palmer for Appellant. Vera K. Gibson, Albert E. Burton, Joshua H. Hanks, J. Perry Brite, Stanley A. Newman, Charles […]

People v. Richardson , 51 Cal.2d 445 [Crim. No. 6346. In Bank. Jan. 30, 1959.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. WILMA LEE RICHARDSON, Appellant. COUNSEL Frank J. Baumgarten for Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Assistant Attorney General, and Peter T. Kennedy, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION GIBSON, C.J. A jury found […]

Hunter v. Mohawk Petroleum Corp. , 51 Cal.2d 439 [S. F. No. 19960. In Bank. Jan. 23, 1959.] LORIS HUNTER, Respondent, v. MOHAWK PETROLEUM CORPORATION (a Corporation), Appellant. COUNSEL Bledsoe, Smith, Cathcart, Johnson & Phelps, R. S. Cathcart and Wilbur J. Russ for Appellant. Leon A. Blum and Harold L. Levin for Respondent. OPINION McCOMB, […]

City of Los Angeles v. Superior Court , 51 Cal.2d 423 [L. A. No. 25113. In Bank. Jan. 13, 1959.] THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, Respondent; LOS ANGELES DODGERS, INC. (a Corporation) et al., Real Parties in Interest. COUNSEL Roger Arnebergh, City […]

Gomes v. Byrne , 51 Cal.2d 418 [Sac. No. 6919. In Bank. Jan. 9, 1959.] ALFRED W. GOMES, Appellant, v. SELMA F. E. BYRNE, Respondent. COUNSEL P. M. Barceloux, Burton J. Goldstein, Goldstein, Barceloux & Goldstein, James William Morgan and Jordan M. Peckham for Appellant. Albert M. King, Harry Dierup and Dorothy D. McKalson for […]