Peters v. MacChiaroli

UDALL, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal by H. C. Peters, defendant-appellant, from a judgment rendered against him in a suit brought by plaintiffs James and Mike Macchiaroli, d. b. a. James Macchiaroli Fruit Company (appellees herein), and from the order denying his motion for a new trial. The case was tried to a jury and its findings formed the basis for the money judgment that was entered. The parties will hereafter be referred to as plaintiff and defendant.

The defendant was the owner of an 80-acre citrus grove and on November 16, 1948, he entered into a written agreement with the plaintiffs…