Michaud v. Burbank Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Franklin county, Truax, J., entered December 11,1919, dismissing on the merits an action to foreclose a laborer’s lien, tried to the court.
1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.
— During the summer and fall of 1918, the plaintiff performed work as a farm laborer. His services consisted in looldng after the seasonal irrigation of, and helping to harvest, a crop of rye and two crops of alfalfa. The premises had already been provided with flumes and ditches for the distribution of water over the lands that-had been leveled and seeded. The flume was new, but it seems the plaintiff performed an almost negligible amount of work in patching the flume at a few places, according to the customary requirements at the hands of farm laborers in such cases. Otherwise his work…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Howe v. MyersWashington Supreme Court · 1917