Category: 1961

55 Cal. 2d 597 (1961) VIRGINIA JORDAN, Appellant, v. ANDREW B. TALBOT, Respondent. S. F. No. 20578. Supreme Court of California. In Bank. Apr. 13, 1961. Daniel Kass for Appellant. Hartly Fleischmann for Respondent. TRAYNOR, J. Plaintiff was a tenant in defendant’s apartment house. The lease provided that the lessor had a right of reentry […]

55 Cal. 2d 403 (1961) CLARENCE O. GREENE, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Respondent; RENEE S. GREENE, Real Party in Interest. Supreme Court of California. Feb. 16, 1961. Jack Miller, Kroloff, Brown, Belcher & Smart and Duncan Davidson for Petitioner. No appearance for Respondent. Bert W. Hirschberg for […]

55 Cal. 2d 500 (1961) In re EMERY NEWBERN on Habeas Corpus. Crim. No. 6661. Supreme Court of California. In Bank. Mar. 9, 1961. Edward Molkenbuhr, Jr., under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Petitioner. Roger Arnebergh, City Attorney (Los Angeles), Philip E. Grey, Assistant City Attorney, and William E. Doran, Deputy City Attorney, for […]

56 Cal. 2d 773 (1961) THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. HENRY RAY LANE, JR., Defendant and Appellant. Crim. No. 6833. Supreme Court of California. In Bank. Nov. 2, 1961. Dennis L. Woodman, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant. Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, Arlo E. Smith and John S. McInerney, Deputy […]

56 Cal. 2d 823 (1961) EMPIRE STEEL CORPORATION OF TEXAS, INC., Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; ASSOCIATED METALS AND MINERALS CORPORATION, Real Party in Interest. L. A. No. 26458. Supreme Court of California. In Bank. Nov. 16, 1961. Frank De Marco, Jr., for Petitioner. No appearance for Respondent. Greenberg, Shafton […]

56 Cal. 2d 270 (1961) HARRY C. AUGUSTUS, Plaintiff, v. CECIL COMPTON BEAN, Defendant and Appellant; AARON SHAFFER, Defendant and Respondent. [56 Cal.2d 271] L. A. No. 26306. Supreme Court of California. In Bank. July 20, 1961. Spray, Gould & Bowers and Robert P. Dockeray for Defendant and Appellant. Schell & Delamer and Fred B. […]

55 Cal. 2d 679 (1961) In re JAMES JACK CATHEY on Habeas Corpus. (Two Cases.) Crim. Nos. 6813, 6819. Supreme Court of California. Apr. 24, 1961. Louis N. Desmond, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Petitioner. Additional briefs were filed by Petitioner pro se. Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, Doris H. Maier, Raymond M. Momboisse […]

56 Cal. 2d 471 (1961) THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JAMES P. VAN EYK, Defendant and Appellant. [fn. *] Crim. No. 6889. Supreme Court of California. In Bank. Aug. 10, 1961. Cary G. Branch for Defendant and Appellant. Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, and Philip C. Griffin, Deputy Attorney […]

56 Cal. 2d 868 (1961) THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. HENRY ADOLPH BUSCH, Defendant and Appellant. Crim. No. 6853. Supreme Court of California. In Bank. Nov. 22, 1961. Matthews and Stanley, Robert W. Stanley and Al Matthews for Defendant and Appellant. Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, and Norman H. Sokolow, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff […]

56 Cal. 2d 273 (1961) FIDEL CARRILLO CARDENAS, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest. L. A. No. 26406. Supreme Court of California. In Bank. July 20, 1961. David C. Marcus for Petitioner. No appearance for Respondent. William B. McKesson, District Attorney, Harry Wood and Robert […]

56 Cal. 2d 549 (1961) THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ELBERT LYNDON CARTER, Defendant and Appellant. Crim. No. 6811. Supreme Court of California. In Bank. Aug. 31, 1961. Charles A. James and Nathaniel S. Colley, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant. Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, Doris H. Maier, Assistant Attorney […]

56 Cal. 2d 284 (1961) MICHAEL G. DANA et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. SUTTON MOTOR SALES et al., Defendants and Respondents. Sac. No. 7309. Supreme Court of California. In Bank. July 20, 1961. Hardin, Fletcher, Cook & Hayes and Cyril Viadro for Plaintiffs and Appellants. Clifford R. Lewis for Defendants and Respondents. McCOMB, J. […]

56 Cal. 2d 71 (1961) THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. JAMES KENDRICK, Appellant. Crim. No. 6716. Supreme Court of California. In Bank. June 8, 1961. Edward P. Foley, Public Defender, for Appellant. Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, and Norman H. Sokolow, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. DOOLING, J. A jury found defendant guilty of burglary in the […]

56 Cal. 2d 864 (1961) THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. FREDDIE REGALDO TORRES, Defendant and Appellant. Crim. No. 6908. Supreme Court of California. In Bank. Nov. 16, 1961. Russell E. Parsons for Defendant and Appellant. Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, and George W. Kell, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff […]

55 Cal. 2d 714 (1961) THE PEOPLE, Appellant, v. LIONEL KEENER et al., Respondents. Crim. No. 6805. Supreme Court of California. In Bank. May 1, 1961. Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, William B. McKesson, District Attorney, Harry Wood, Robert J. Lord and Harry B. Sondheim, Deputy District Attorneys, for Appellant. […]

56 Cal. 2d 407 (1961) WEST PICO FURNITURE COMPANY OF LOS ANGELES, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; PACIFIC FINANCE LOANS, Real Party in Interest. [56 Cal.2d 413] L. A. No. 26171. Supreme Court of California. In Bank. Aug. 3, 1961. Ralph H. Winkler, Ellis J. Horvitz and Ted T. Ward for […]

55 Cal. 2d 588 (1961) LOUIS BERNKRANT et al., Appellants, v. DOROTHY BLACK FOWLER, as Executrix, etc., Respondent. L. A. No. 25689. Supreme Court of California. In Bank. Apr. 13, 1961. Betty Aronow and George Rudiak for Appellants. Egley & Wiener and Paul Egley for Respondent. TRAYNOR, J. Plaintiffs appeal on the clerk’s transcript from […]

56 Cal. 2d 498 (1961) YETTA SEFFERT, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. LOS ANGELES TRANSIT LINES et al., Defendants and Appellants. L. A. No. 26201. Supreme Court of California. In Bank. Aug. 17, 1961. Harry M. Hunt and David S. Smith for Defendants and Appellants. Irving H. Green, Wright, Wright, Goldwater & Mack, John H. Rice […]

56 Cal. 2d 234 (1961) GENE A. PRICKETT et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED, Defendant and Respondent. L. A. No. 25837. Supreme Court of California. In Bank. July 20, 1961. Brown and Grisham and Roy J. Brown for Plaintiffs and Appellants. Thomas P. Menzies and James O. White, Jr., for Defendant […]

55 Cal. 2d 291 (1961) GRANT B. COOPER, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent. L. A. No. 26173. Supreme Court of California. In Bank. Feb. 9, 1961. Irving M. Walker, Joseph A. Ball and Herman F. Selvin for Petitioner. Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel, and William E. Lamoreaux, Assistant County Counsel, […]

56 Cal. 2d 613 (1961) EXCHANGE CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JAMES L. SCOTT, Defendant and Respondent; HAROLD LEE GARMON, Cross- complainant and Respondent; STANDARD ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY et al., Cross-defendants and Appellants. L. A. No. 25886. Supreme Court of California. In Bank. Sept. 18, 1961. Gilbert, Thompson & Kelly and Jean […]

55 Cal. 2d 252 (1961) THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. ALEXANDER ARAGON ROJAS et al., Appellants. Crim. No. 6764. Supreme Court of California. In Bank. Jan. 27, 1961. Alexander L. Oster and A. Brigham Rose for Appellants. Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, and S. Clark Moore, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. […]

56 Cal. 2d 93 (1961) THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. THOMAS PURVIS, Appellant. Crim. No. 6769. Supreme Court of California. In Bank. June 15, 1961. Martin N. Pulich, Public Defender, James C. Hooley and Thomas Francis Lyons, Assistant Public Defenders, for Appellant. Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, Arlo E. Smith and John S. McInerny, Deputy Attorneys General, […]