Hunt v. Sutter-Butte Canal Co.

By this action the plaintiff sought judgment against the defendant in the sum of $14,250 on account of damage, alleged to have been suffered by him to certain crops growing and being in the county of Butte in the year 1920, and the fouling of the lands then and there leased by him so as to materially diminish their productivity during the year 1921. The action was tried before a jury. Plaintiff had judgment in the sum of $1,900 and the defendant appeals.

The facts set forth in the pleadings and the transcript show that the plaintiff held, under a lease, certain lands situated in the county of…