Wolfsen v. Hathaway

32 Cal.2d 632 (1948)

HENRY B. WOLFSEN et al., Respondents,

v.

W. L. HATHAWAY et al., Appellants.

Sac. No. 5849.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

Sept. 28, 1948.

L. M. Linneman and Linneman & Burgess for Appellants.

C. Ray Robinson and Margaret A. Flynn for Respondents.

SPENCE, J.

Plaintiffs brought this action to recover damages for the destruction of grass and grain growing on land leased by them for pasturage. The damages occurred as the result of some farming operations undertaken by defendants W. L. Hathaway and Seth Cole, claiming to have acted in reliance upon an oral agreement for the…