Lujan v. McCuistion

LUJAN, Chief Justice.

Wayne McCuistion appeals from a judgment upon a verdict recovered by J. P. Lujan for damages resulting from an alleged breach of a partido contract for the •care of sheep. These parties appear here in the same order as in the trial court and for convenience are hereafter referred to as plaintiff and defendant.

In August, 1948, the parties entered into an oral agreement by the terms of which plaintiff agreed to care for, pasture, feed, water and salt approximately 1277 ewes belonging to the defendant. The defendant furnished the ranch upon which the sheep, were kept. For…