Chavez v. Potter

LUJAN, Justice.

From a judgment rendered against him in the district court for the county of Dona Ana, the plaintiff, Felipe Chavez, has perfected this appeal.- The parties will be referred to as they appeared in the lower court.

The complaint alleged in substance and effect that plaintiff and defendant, J. V. Potter, on' or about August 2, 1942, entered into a verbal contract by the terms of which. defendant agreed to turn over the possession of certain raw and uncultivated land to plaintiff and that he was to clear, level, ditch, knock down hills and high places and prepare the same so that…