Chrisman

Chrisman v. Southern California Edison Co.

Good Law
1927 Cal. App. LEXIS 605·83 Cal. App. 249·256 P. 618
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaMay 20, 1927Docket No. 4847.California9,769 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

McLUCAS, J.

Plaintiff brought suit for damages alleged to have been sustained by reason of the failure and neglect of the defendant to furnish necessary water for the irrigation of certain lands of the plaintiff. Defendant appeals from a judgment rendered for plaintiff.

Before any evidence was taken defendant moved for judgment on the pleadings and for dismissal of the action on the ground that the amended complaint did not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action in that the agreements attached to and made a part of the amended complaint are each of them void for want of mutuality and void for want of certainty. The obligation to deliver water under the four separate agreements sued upon is typified by the language used in the contract set up as exhibit “A” attached to the amended complaint, and is as follows: ‘ ‘ That the party of the first part, for and in consideration of the sum of one dollar to it paid and of the covenants and agreements on the part of the party of the second part hereinafter contained, agrees to deliver through its distributing system, to the party of the second part, when demanded, on fifteen days’ notice, pro rata of the acreage, in the order of…

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