Chavez v. Lopez

OPINION OF THE COURT

SIMMS, J.

The sole question in this case is whether or not the trial court properly applied the law to the facts as found by him.

Appellant was the defendant below. He and his wife lived at his father’s house. The father had a garden, .to water which he put a culvert into an adjoining irrigation ditch. The plaintiff had an alfalfa held adjoining the garden. Defendant’s father was called away from home for a considerable time and gave general directions to the family to look after the garden while he was away. The defendant and his wife worked in the garden, weeding it and…