Category: 1960

Adoption of Barnett , 54 Cal.2d 370 [L. A. No. 25455. In Bank. July 1, 1960.] Adoption of MICHAEL ROY BARNETT, a Minor. LURA KATHERINE DAVEY, Petitioner and Appellant, v. LOS ANGELES COUNTY BUREAU OF ADOPTIONS, Objector and Appellant. COUNSEL L. H. Phillips for Petitioner and Appellant. Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel, and Jean Louise […]

Tyre v. Aetna Life Ins. Co. , 54 Cal.2d 399 [L. A. No. 25777. In Bank. July 1, 1960.] REBECCA TYRE et al., Appellants, v. AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL Wiseman & Elmore and Aaron Elmore for Appellants. William K. Young, Herman F. Selvin and Chapman, Frazer, Lindley & Young for Respondent. […]

Richfield Oil Corp. v. Public Util. Com. , 54 Cal.2d 419 [S. F. Nos. 20302, 20311. In Bank. July 1, 1960.] RICHFIELD OIL CORPORATION (a Corporation), Petitioner, v. PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent; SOUTHERN COUNTIES GAS COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA (a Corporation), Real Party in Interest. [Two Cases.] [S. F. Nos. 20303, […]

Estate of Stickelbaut , 54 Cal.2d 390 [L. A. No. 25770. In Bank. July 1, 1960.] Estate of MAUDE A. STICKELBAUT, Deceased. LEONA S. HALL, Appellant, v. HERBERT RALPH WATERS, Respondent. COUNSEL Colman & Rotunno, M. Robert Colman and Vito Rotunno for Appellant. Blek & Wilcox, Charles L. Blek and C. F. Wilcox for Respondent. […]

Elsinore Union etc. Sch. Dist. v. Kastorff , 54 Cal.2d 380 [L. A. No. 25739. In Bank. July 1, 1960.] ELSINORE UNION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY, Respondent, v. E. J. KASTORFF et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Wallace & Wallace, W. W. Wallace and A. W. Wallace for Appellants. Ray T. Sullivan, Jr., County Counsel, […]

Bellman v. County of Contra Costa , 54 Cal.2d 363 [S. F. No. 20398. In Bank. June 23, 1960.] R. ARTHUR BELLMAN, as Administrator, etc., Appellant, v. COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA, Respondent. COUNSEL R. Arthur Bellman, in pro. per., for Appellant. Carlson, Collins, Gordon & Bold and Dean S. Ormsby for Respondent. OPINION SCHAUER, J. […]

Peterson v. Lamb Rubber Co. , 54 Cal.2d 339 [L. A. No. 25635. In Bank. June 23, 1960.] ERVIN L. PETERSON, Appellant, v. LAMB RUBBER COMPANY (a Corporation) Respondent. COUNSEL Robert C. Pannell, LeRoy L. Center and Asher R. Sailors for Appellant. Moss, Lyon & Dunn, Sidney A. Moss and Henry F. Walker for Respondent. […]

Pappa v. Superior Court , 54 Cal.2d 350 [L. A. No. 25894. In Bank. June 23, 1960.] CAROLE ANN TREGOFF PAPPA, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Jerry Giesler, Robert A. Neeb, Jr., Donald Bringgold and Rexford D. Fagan for Petitioner. Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant […]

Acadia, California, Ltd. v. Herbert , 54 Cal.2d 328 [L. A. No. 25140. In Bank. June 23, 1960.] ACADIA, CALIFORNIA, LTD. (a Corporation) et al., Respondents, v. MONTAGUE HERBERT, Appellant. COUNSEL Harry M. Fain, Gold, Needleman & Fain and J. Howard Sturman for Appellant. Shaw & Barnett, William M. Shaw, Slaughter, Schlesinger & Schlecht, Warren […]

Rivera v. Parma , 54 Cal.2d 313 [L. A. No. 25768. In Bank. June 15, 1960.] ANNA G. RIVERA, Appellant, v. JOHN A. PARMA, as Executor, etc., Respondent. ROGUSTINO RIVERA, Appellant, v. JOHN A. PARMA, as Executor, etc., Respondent. COUNSEL Cort & Finley, Robert J. Cort and Ronald P. Klein for Appellants. Moss, Lyon & […]

Singer v. Superior Court , 54 Cal.2d 318 [S. F. No. 20384. In Bank. June 15, 1960.] JOHN SINGER, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, Respondent; PARR-RICHMOND TERMINAL COMPANY (a Corporation), Real Party in Interest. COUNSEL Jay A. Darwin and Kenneth W. Rosenthal for Petitioner. No appearance for Respondent. Taft, Wright & Hopkins, […]

People v. Cartier , 54 Cal.2d 300 [Crim. No. 6514. In Bank. June 10, 1960.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. RAYMOND L. CARTIER, Appellant. COUNSEL Robert K. Barber, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Appellant. Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, and Norman H. Sokolow, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION McCOMB, J. This is an automatic […]

Sauer v. McCarthy , 54 Cal.2d 295 [S. F. No. 20419. In Bank. June 2, 1960.] GEORGE HENRY SAUER, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. ROBERT McCARTHY, as Director of Motor Vehicles, Defendant and Appellant. COUNSEL Ring, Turner, Ring & Wright and Harold H. Turner for Plaintiff and Appellant. Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, Carl W. Wynkoop and […]

Smith v. McCarthy , 54 Cal.2d 863 [L. A. No. 25806. In Bank. June 2, 1960.] ROBERT COLLINS SMITH, Petitioner, v. ROBERT McCARTHY, as Director of Motor Vehicles, Respondent. COUNSEL Robert J. North for Petitioner. Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, E. G. Funke, Assistant Attorney General, Warren H. Deering and Arthur de Goede, Deputy Attorneys General, […]

Hough v. McCarthy , 54 Cal.2d 273 [L. A. No. 25775. In Bank. June 2, 1960.] ROBERT D. HOUGH, Petitioner, v. ROBERT McCARTHY, as Director of Motor Vehicles, Respondent. COUNSEL Robert D. Hough, in pro. per., Hackler, Flaum & Ansell, W. Neal Writer and Charles K. Hackler for Petitioner. [54 Cal.2d 277] Stanley Mosk, Attorney […]

Wilson v. Wilson , 54 Cal.2d 264 [Sac. No. 7018. In Bank. May 27, 1960.] MARJORIE E. WILSON, Respondent, v. KENNETH D. WILSON et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Henry V. Cleary for Appellants. Garry, Dreyfus, McTernan & Keller and Francis J. McTernan for Respondent. OPINION DOOLING, J. pro tem. fn. * Defendants appeal from a summary […]

Estate of Torregano , 54 Cal.2d 234 [S. F. No. 20122. In Bank. May 24, 1960.] Estate of ERNEST J. TORREGANO, Deceased. GLADYS TORREGANO STEVENS, Appellant, v. ALFRED TORREGANO, Respondent. COUNSEL Bergen Van Brunt for Appellant. [54 Cal.2d 239] Henry B. Nathan as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Appellant. Wallace, Garrison, Norton & Ray and […]

Pajaro Valley Cold Storage Co. v. Public Utilities Com. , 54 Cal.2d 256 [S. F. No. 20145. In Bank. May 24, 1960.] PAJARO VALLEY COLD STORAGE COMPANY (a Corporation), Petitioner, v. PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION, Respondent. COUNSEL Wyckoff, Parker, Boyle & Pope, Philip T. Boyle and Harry F. Brauer for Petitioner. William M. Bennett, Chief Counsel, […]

Mapes v. Yowell , 54 Cal.2d 231 [L. A. No. 25767. In Bank. May 24, 1960.] FRANK E. MAPES et al., Appellants, v. BETHELL E. YOWELL, Respondent. COUNSEL Moore & Moore and Bender Moore for Appellants. Spray, Gould & Bowers and Robert P. Dockeray for Respondent. [54 Cal.2d 232] OPINION McCOMB, J. Plaintiff Frank E. […]

Theisen v. County of Los Angeles , 54 Cal.2d 170 [L. A. No. 25221. In Bank. May 20, 1960.] J. W. THEISEN et al., Appellants, v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Wellborn, Barrett & Rodi, Frank C. Hubbard and James D. Doggett for Appellants. Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel, Edward A. Nugent, […]

People v. Ayon , 54 Cal.2d 217 [L. A. No. 25754. In Bank. May 20, 1960.] THE PEOPLE ex rel. Department of Public Works, Respondent, v. CORNELIUS L. AYON, as Administrator, etc., et al., Defendants; YOR-WAY MARKETS (a Corporation) et al., Appellants. COUNSEL McLaughlin & Casey, James A. McLaughlin and Lawrence P. Casey for Appellants. […]

Pearson v. State Social Welfare Board , 54 Cal.2d 184 [L. A. No. 25741. In Bank. May 20, 1960.] TYSON A. PEARSON et al., Respondents, v. STATE SOCIAL WELFARE BOARD, Appellant. COUNSEL Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, B. Abbott Goldberg, Assistant Attorney General, Herschel T. Elkins, Deputy Attorney General, and Rudolf Michaels for Appellant. Harold W. […]

People v. Mason , 54 Cal.2d 164 [Crim. No. 6528. In Bank. May 17, 1960.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. ROBERT L. MASON, Appellant. COUNSEL Carl B. Shapiro, 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 […]

Hull v. Superior Court , 54 Cal.2d 139 [L. A. No. 25717. In Bank. May 13, 1960.] THOMAS E. HULL, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; GERALINE HULL, Real Party in Interest. COUNSEL Edward M. Raskin and Paul P. Selvin for Petitioner. Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel, William E. Lamoreaux, Assistant […]

City of Redondo Beach v. Taxpayers, Property Owners, etc., City of Redondo Beach , 54 Cal.2d 126 [L. A. No. 25650. In Bank. May 13, 1960.] THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH et al., Respondents, v. THE TAXPAYERS, PROPERTY OWNERS, CITIZENS and ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Denison, Dietrich & […]