Kurokawa

The above action arose out of certain farming operations carried on by the defendants in Fresno County in connection with which the plaintiffs were employed. The complaint by separate causes of action alleged claims for labor furnished and moneys advanced to the-defendants, with a further claim for money had and received to the use of the plaintiffs. Defendants alleged in their answer among other defenses payments on account, together with several counterclaims against the plaintiffs. The trial court—a trial by jury having been waived—found that the balance of plaintiff’s claims unpaid amounted with interest to $7,862.90, from Avhich should be deducted the sum of $882.25 found to be due to the defendants on their counterclaims, and entered judgment against the latter for $7,040.65.

Defendants appeal from the judgment, and contend that the trial court erroneously admitted certain testimony over objection; that its conclusion with respect to plaintiffs’ first and second causes of action and to several items of the counterclaims are unsupported and that the findings are conflicting.

It was alleged in the first cause of action, and the court found, that plaintiffs were employed to…