Allen

Allen v. Los Molinos Land Co.

Good Law
1914 Cal. App. LEXIS 153·25 Cal. App. 206·143 P. 253
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaJuly 28, 1914Civ. No. 1249.California3,283 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Chipman, J.

This is an action for damages under a written contract, made part of the complaint, whereby defendant was to sell and plaintiff was to buy certain 12.54 acres of land, and, among other agreements, plaintiff was entitled to receive from the Coneland Water Company, organized for the purpose of irrigating the lands of defendant and others, “one-fifth miner’s inches per acre, at such times and places and .subject to such rules and regulations” as may be prescribed by said Coneland Water Company, and for which water plaintiff was to pay two dollars per acre annually. Both said companies were under the management of one and the same person. It is alleged in the complaint that the irrigating season was by a rule of said Coneland Water Company declared to be from April 1st to October 31st of each year, and said rule was in force from and after April 1, 1912; “that one of the chief inducements of plaintiff to enter into said contract was the provision in said contract in respect to furnishing water for said land” (Par. V); that about March 18, 1912, plaintiff had all of his said land planted to potatoes; that said land was prepared for said planting in a farmerlike manner and agreeably to…

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