Category: 1960

In re Groves , 54 Cal.2d 154 [Crim. No. 6598. In Bank. May 13, 1960.] In re WILLIAM EDMUND GROVES, on Habeas Corpus. COUNSEL William O. Burt for Petitioner. Jerome J. Bunker, City Attorney (Palm Springs), for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. By petition for a writ of habeas corpus petitioner challenges his conviction of engaging […]

General Motors Accept. Corp. v. Kyle , 54 Cal.2d 101 [L. A. No. 25786. In Bank. May 10, 1960.] GENERAL MOTORS ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION (a Corporation), Appellant, v. RONALD M. KYLE, Respondent. COUNSEL Getz, Aikens & Manning and Harold T. Tredway for Appellant. Arkin & Weissman and Stuart N. Arkin for Respondent. OPINION SCHAUER, J. Plaintiff […]

E. K. Wood Lumber Co. v. Higgins , 54 Cal.2d 91 [L. A. No. 25444. In Bank. May 10, 1960.] E. K. WOOD LUMBER COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant, v. ROBERT C. HIGGINS et al., Defendants; DEEP WELL COLONY ESTATES, INCORPORATED (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL Brown & Brown, Howard B. Brown and Gerald S. Barton for […]

Bowyer v. Burgess , 54 Cal.2d 97 [L. A. No. 25769. In Bank. May 10, 1960.] CARRELL W. BOWYER, Appellant, v. JAMES BURGESS et al., Defendants; ANDREW WALIGA et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Winthrop O. Gordon for Appellant. Ferguson & Judge and James F. Judge for Respondents. OPINION DOOLING, J. pro tem. fn. * Plaintiff appeals […]

People v. Sylvia , 54 Cal.2d 115 [Crim. No. 6566. In Bank. May 10, 1960.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. HERMAN SYLVIA, Appellant. COUNSEL Herman Sylvia, in pro. per., and Earl Klein for Appellant. Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, and Robert M. Sweet, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. [54 Cal.2d 118] […]

Bringle v. Board of Supervisors , 54 Cal.2d 86 [L. A. No. 25225. In Bank. May 6, 1960.] E. R. BRINGLE, Appellant, v. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF ORANGE et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Blodget, Gilbert & Cochran and John H. Gilbert, Jr., for Appellant. Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, Sigvald Nielson and Donald G. […]

Wilson v. City of Los Angeles , 54 Cal.2d 61 [L. A. No. 25651. In Bank. May 4, 1960.] VIRGINIA WILSON, Petitioner, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES BOARD OF CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSIONERS et al., Respondents. COUNSEL A. L. Wirin and Fred Okrand for Petitioner. Roger Arnebergh, City Attorney, Bourke Jones, Assistant City Attorney, Weldon Weber […]

People v. Orlandi , 54 Cal.2d 80 [Crim. No. 6589. In Bank. May 4, 1960.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. RENO ORLANDI et al., Appellants. THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. ANTHONY SEPIC, JR., Appellant. COUNSEL Falk & Falk, Robert C. Dunn, Mathews & Traverse, Francis B. Mathews and Charles V. Moore for Appellants. Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, […]

Allen v. Merchants Elec. Co. , 54 Cal.2d 67 [L. A. No. 25771. In Bank. May 4, 1960.] GEORGE S. ALLEN, Appellant, v. MERCHANTS ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC., et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Jerrell Babb and Louise A. Steele for Appellant. Gralla & Gralla, Isador Gralla and Henry O. Wackerbarth for Respondents. OPINION GIBSON, C. J. This […]

People v. Bevins , 54 Cal.2d 71 [Crim. No. 6579. In Bank. May 4, 1960.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. MARY ANN BEVINS, Appellant. COUNSEL M. Lyle Nelson, under appointment by the Supreme Court, and Jacobs, Jacobs, Hayden & Nelson for Appellant. Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, and Jack E. Goertzen, […]

Estate of Hill , 54 Cal.2d 39 [L. A. No. 25176. In Bank. Apr. 22, 1960.] Estate of ELLEN M. HILL, Deceased. C. WALTER HALL, as Successor Trustee, etc., et al., Objectors and Appellants, v. ANN MARIE MERCER, as Executrix, etc., Defendant and Appellant. COUNSEL Henry O. Wackerbarth for Objectors and Appellants. Snow & Snow […]

People v. Collins , 54 Cal.2d 57 [Crim. No. 6590. In Bank. Apr. 22, 1960.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. LEON DANIEL COLLINS et al., Appellants. [Crim. No. 6591. In Bank. Apr. 22, 1960.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. OBIE BROWN, JR., Appellant. COUNSEL Burton Marks, under appointment by the Supreme Court, and Umann & Marks for […]

Wolstenholme v. City of Oakland , 54 Cal.2d 48 [S. F. No. 20341. In Bank. Apr. 22, 1960.] REBECCA P. WOLSTENHOLME, Appellant, v. CITY OF OAKLAND et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Albert M. Bendich for Appellant. John W. Collier, City Attorney, and Frederick M. Cunningham, Deputy City Attorney, for Respondents. OPINION McCOMB, J. Petitioner appeals from […]

McDowell & Craig v. City of Santa Fe Springs , 54 Cal.2d 33 [L. A. No. 25715. In Bank. Apr. 19, 1960.] McDOWELL AND CRAIG (a Corporation) et al., Petitioners, v. CITY OF SANTA FE SPRINGS et al., Respondents; TOM PAUL WETZEL, Appellant. COUNSEL Tiday, Pool & Moore and Ronald L. Tiday for Appellant. Ferguson […]

People v. Harmon , 54 Cal.2d 9 [Crim. No. 6532. In Bank. Apr. 8, 1960.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. ROBERT S. HARMON, Appellant. COUNSEL Robert Stanley Harmon, in pro. per., for Appellant. Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, and John S. McInerny, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION SCHAUER, J. A jury found defendant guilty of violation […]

Messner v. Journeymen Barbers etc. International Union , 53 Cal.2d 873  [L. A. No. 25288. In Bank. Apr. 7, 1960.] ROSS MESSNER, Respondent, v. JOURNEYMEN BARBERS, HAIRDRESSERS AND COSMETOLOGISTS, INTERNATIONAL UNION OF AMERICA, LOCAL 256, et al., Appellants. COUNSEL Todd & Todd and Henry C. Todd for Appellants. Carroll, Davis, Burdick & McDonough, Roland C. […]

Cal. Cigarette Concessions v. City of L. A. , 53 Cal.2d 865 [L. A. No. 25257. In Bank. Mar. 30, 1960.] CALIFORNIA CIGARETTE CONCESSIONS, INC. (a Corporation), Respondent, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES, Appellant. COUNSEL Roger Arnebergh, City Attorney, Bourke Jones and James A. Doherty, Assistant City Attorneys, for Appellant. Irmas & Rutter, William A. […]

Davis v. Erickson , 53 Cal.2d 860 [Sac. No. 7152. In Bank. Mar. 25, 1960.] JAMES DAVIS, Appellant, v. STEIN ERICKSON et al., Respondents. COUNSEL Thomas W. Martin and Landis, Brody & Martin for Appellant. Cruikshank & Gershon and Harry L. Gershon as Amici Curiae on behalf of Appellant. Russell A. Harris and George W. […]

People v. Love , 53 Cal.2d 843 [Crim. No. 6538. In Bank. Mar. 22, 1960.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. ALBERT ERNEST LOVE, Appellant. COUNSEL Robert W. Anderson and Charles A. Skow, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Appellant. Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, and G. A. Strader, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. OPINION TRAYNOR, J. […]

Adams v. City of Modesto , 53 Cal.2d 833 [Sac. No. 7140. In Bank. Mar. 18, 1960.] A. M. ADAMS et al., Appellants, v. THE CITY OF MODESTO, Respondent. COUNSEL Robert R. Elledge and Richard T. Tosaw for Appellants. Allen Grimes, City Attorney, and Robert T. Anderson for Respondent. [53 Cal.2d 835] OPINION SCHAUER, J. […]

Hildebrand v. Los Angeles Junction Ry. Co. , 53 Cal.2d 826 [L. A. No. 25634. In Bank. Mar. 15, 1960.] EDWARD J. HILDEBRAND, Appellant, v. LOS ANGELES JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent. COUNSEL S. L. Kurland and Robert H. Green for Appellant. Robert W. Walker, William F. Brooks, Raymond G. Stanbury and Parker, Stanbury, […]

People v. Moya , 53 Cal.2d 819 [Crim. No. 6491. In Bank. Mar. 11, 1960.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. LUIS MOYA, Appellant. COUNSEL Burt M. Henson, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Appellant. A. L. Wirin, Gerald L. Rosen and Richard L. Lissner as Amici Curiae on behalf of Appellant. Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, […]

People v. Moya , 53 Cal.2d 819 [Crim. No. 6491. In Bank. Mar. 11, 1960.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. LUIS MOYA, Appellant. COUNSEL Burt M. Henson, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Appellant. A. L. Wirin, Gerald L. Rosen and Richard L. Lissner as Amici Curiae on behalf of Appellant. Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, […]

People v. Duncan , 53 Cal.2d 803 [Crim. No. 6490. In Bank. Mar. 11, 1960.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. ELIZABETH ANN DUNCAN, Appellant. COUNSEL Frank Duncan, Leonard Nasatir, Ward Sullivan and Burt M. Henson for Appellant. A. L. Wirin, Gerald L. Rosen and Richard L. Lissner as Amici Curiae on behalf of Appellant. Stanley Mosk, […]

People v. Baldonado , 53 Cal.2d 824 [Crim. No. 6489. In Bank. Mar. 11, 1960.] THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. AUGUSTINE BALDONADO, Appellant. COUNSEL John R. Danch, under appointment by the Supreme Court, and Burt M. Henson for Appellant. A. L. Wirin, Gerald L. Rosen and Richard L. Lissner as Amici Curiae on behalf of Appellant. […]