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  • County of Los Angeles v. La Fuente

    20 Cal. 2d 870 · California Supreme Court · Sep 29, 1942

    Garrison, 194 Cal. 298 [ 228 Pac. 433 ] [street improvements]; Allied Architects’ Assn. v. Payne, 192 Cal. 431 [ 221 Pac. 209 , 30 A. L. R. 1029] [erection of memorial hall for war veterans]; Veterans’ Welfare Board v. … Ed. 940 ]; Powell v. Pennsylvania, 127 U. S. 678 [ 8 S. Ct. 992, 1257 , 32 L. Ed. 253 ]; Veterans’ Welfare Board v. Riley, supra; Daggett v. Colgan, 92 Cal. 53 [ 28 Pac. 51 , 27 Am. St. Rep. 95 , 14 L. R. A. 474].)

    Cited 38 timesPublished
  • Otis v. Haseltine

    27 Cal. 80 · California Supreme Court · Jul 1, 1864

    In Jones v. … (Church v. Brown, 21 N. Y. 315 .) Judgment affirmed.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • In Re Kimler

    37 Cal. 2d 568 · California Supreme Court · Jul 13, 1951

    Brown, Attorneys General, B. Abbott Goldberg and Clarence A. Linn, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent. EDMONDS, J. … In State v.

    Cited 16 timesPublished
  • Forbes v. Reilly

    57 Cal. 302 · California Supreme Court · Jul 1, 1881

    .: The decree in the action, Alexander Forbes v. George Turner, James Reilly, Thomas H. Selby, Mayor, etc., and the City and County of San Francisco, must be read in connection with the pleadings. … In Forbes v. Turner et al., it was decreed that the mayor should convey the city title directly to Forbes.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • People Ex Rel. Skelly v. City of Glendale

    40 Cal. 2d 732 · California Supreme Court · Apr 24, 1953

    SKELLY, Appellant, v. CITY OF GLENDALE, Respondent. L. A. No. 22500. Supreme Court of California. In Bank. Apr. 24, 1953. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Kenny & Morris, Edward J. Skelly in pro. per., and Robert W. … (See Stumpf v. Board of Supervisors (1901), 131 Cal. 364, 368 [ 63 P. 663 , 82 Am.St.Rep. 350 ]; People ex rel. McKune v. John B. Weller (1858), 11 Cal. 49, 62 [70 Am.Dec. 754].)

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Pacific Postal Telegraph Cable Co. v. Dalton

    119 Cal. 604 · California Supreme Court · Jan 17, 1898

    (Merrill v. Humphrey, 24 Mich. 170 ; Lefferts v. Board of Supervisors, 21 Wis. 688 ; Milwaukee Iron Co. v. Hubbard, 29 Wis. 51 .)” … In Lefferts v. Board of Supervisors, supra, where the supreme court of Wisconsin held that the lower court erred in sustaining a demurrer to the complaint, the averments were substantially like those in the case at bar.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Willis v. Santa Ana Community Hospital Ass'n

    58 Cal. 2d 806 · California Supreme Court · Dec 4, 1962

    (Guillory v. Godfrey, 134 Cal.App.2d 628, 632 [ 286 P.2d 474 ] ; Masoni v. Board of Trade of S. F., 119 Cal.App.2d 738, 741 [ 260 P.2d 205 ] ; see Rest., Torts, § 766, cl. (b); cf. Lipman v. Brisbane Elementary Sch. … (Freed v. Manchester Service, Inc., 165 Cal.App.2d 186, 190-191 [ 331 P.2d 689 ] ; Masoni v. Board of Trade of S. F., supra, 119 Cal.App.2d 738, 742 ; see Rest., Torts, § 767.)

    Overruled on other grounds by Cianci v. Superior Court, 40 Cal. 3d 903 (1985)Cited 57 timesPublished
  • Eggert v. Pacific States Savings & Loan Co.

    20 Cal. 2d 199 · California Supreme Court · Apr 21, 1942

    (Elliott v. Superior Court, 144 Cal. 501 [ 77 Pac. 1109 , 103 Am. St. Rep. 102 ]; Braun v. … Brown, 13 Cal. (2d) 130 [ 87 P. (2d) 1009 ]; (Estate of McDermott, 127 Cal. 450 [ 59 Pac. 783 ]; Estate of Crooks, 125 Cal. 459 [ 58 Pac. 89 ]; Altpeter v. Postal Telegraph-Cable Co., 22 Cal.

    Cited 33 timesPublished
  • People v. Famalaro

    52 Cal. 4th 1 · California Supreme Court · Jul 7, 2011

    She removed the board so the lab could conduct further testing on it. e. … (People v. Hamilton (2009) 45 Cal.4th 863, 925-926; People v. Lewis and Oliver (2006) 39 Cal.4th 970, 1066; People v. Brown (2004) 33 Cal.4th 382, 395-396; see also People v. Edwards (1991) 54 Cal.3d 787, 835.)

    Cited 67 timesPublished
  • Grisham v. Philip Morris U.S.A., Inc.

    54 Cal. Rptr. 3d 735 · California Supreme Court · Feb 15, 2007

    (See Bernson v. Browning-Ferris Industries (1994) 7 Cal.4th 926, 931 [ 30 Cal.Rptr.2d 440 , 873 P.2d 613 ]; Brown v. Bleiberg (1982) 32 Cal.3d 426, 433-36 [ 186 Cal.Rptr. 228 , 651 P.2d 815 ].) … (Soliman, supra, 311 F.3d at p. 973 ; see also Spain v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.

    Cited 135 timesPublished
  • Lyle v. Rollins

    25 Cal. 437 · California Supreme Court · Jul 1, 1864

    (Rico v. Spence, 21 Cal. 511 .) In Van *438 Winkle v. … He occupied it when this suit was commenced. ■* * * The house was ten by twenty-eight, boarded up and clapboarded over. * * * The fence of 1861 was of two boards.

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • Sherman v. Buick

    32 Cal. 241 · California Supreme Court · Jul 1, 1867

    (Metcalf v. Bingham, 3 N. H. 459; Allen v. Stevens, 29 New Jersey L. R. 509; Brewer v. Bowman, 9 Geo. 37; Harvey v. Thomas, 10 Watts, 63 ; Pocopson Road, 16 Penn. State R. 15 ; Hays v. Risher, 32 Penn. State. R. 169.) … It does not appear from the answer that this was done, nor does it appear that the appellant complied with the order of the Board of Supervisors in respect to gates.

    Cited 43 timesPublished
  • Roman Catholic Archbishop v. Industrial Accident Commission

    194 Cal. 660 · California Supreme Court · Oct 22, 1924

    if he was ready to fix the ridge board and the cross if the pastor had not come; that when Ed. … (Bargewell v. Daniel, 98 L. T. R. 257; Kelly v. Buchanan, 13 Compensation L. R. 729, 47 Ir. L. T.; McCann v. McDonnell, note to Kelly v. Buchanan, supra; State ex rel. Lennon v.

    Cited 19 timesPublished
  • Regan v. County of San Mateo

    14 Cal. 2d 713 · California Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1939

    Const.; Smith v. Mathews, 155 Cal. 752 [ 103 Pac. 199 ]; Galeener v. Honeycutt, 173 Cal. 100 [ 159 Pac. 595 ]; Keith v. Ramsey, 34 Cal. App. 340 [ 167 Pac. 408 ] ; Applestill v. Gary, 18 Cal. … The case of Applestill v.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Bastjan v. Bastjan

    215 Cal. 662 · California Supreme Court · Jun 23, 1932

    Turning again to Morgan v. … See, also, Browne on the Statute of Frauds, 5th ed., sec. 261a; Musick Con. Oil Co. v. Chandler, 158 Cal. 7 [ 109 Pac. 613 ] ; Scott v. Jungquist, 179 Cal. 7 [ 175 Pac. 412 ]; Duryea v. Burt, 28 Cal. 569 .

    Cited 20 timesPublished
  • People v. Sands

    4 Cal. Unrep. 424 · California Supreme Court · Jan 3, 1894

    The superior court held that said power was vested in the board of supervisors, and gave judgment in favor of the relator, Wood, and defendant Sands appeals therefrom. … In Ex parte Ah You, 82 Cal. 339 , 22 Pac. 929 , it was held that the police court provided for by the freeholders’ charter of the city of Oakland has no legal existence; and in People v.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Green v. State

    64 Cal. Rptr. 3d 390 · California Supreme Court · Aug 23, 2007

    (Cleveland v. Policy Management Systems Corp. (1999) 526 U.S. 795, 806 [ 143 L.Ed.2d 966 , 119 S.Ct. 1597 ]; see also Jones v. Potter (6th Cir. 2007) 488 F.3d 397, 403 ; Browning v. Liberty Mut. Ins. … (See, e.g., Monette v. Electronic Data Systems Corp., supra, 90 F.3d at pp. 1177-1178; Chandler v. City of Dallas, supra, 2 F.3d at pp. 1389-1390, 1393-1394; see also Rizzo v.

    Cited 171 timesPublished
  • Stockton Citizens for Sensible Planning v. City of Stockton

    48 Cal. 4th 481 · California Supreme Court · Apr 1, 2010

    Monterey County Water Resources Agency (2004) 122 Cal.App.4th 961, 965 [ 18 Cal.Rptr.3d 921 ]; accord, Board of Supervisors v. … (Board of Supervisors, supra, at p. 837.)

    Cited 72 timesPublished
  • City of Los Angeles v. Young

    118 Cal. 295 · California Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1897

    Whitney v. San Francisco Fire Dept., 14 Cal. 479 .) … Bnt it may be set down as a universal rule that, as the province of the writ of certiorari is to review a record of an inferior conrt, board, or tribunal, and to determine from the record whether such court, board, or tribunal

    Cited 23 timesPublished
  • Streator v. Linscott

    153 Cal. 285 · California Supreme Court · Mar 26, 1908

    The complaint sets forth at length an order of the board of supervisors prescribing the form of the proposed bonds. … (McCoy v. Bryant, 53 Cal. 247 ; Hopkins v. Lovell, 47 Mo. 102 ; Polly v. Hopkins, 74 Tex. 145 , [ 11 S. W. 1084 ].)

    Cited 7 timesPublished

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