Salt River Valley Water Users' Ass'n v. Blake

Richard Blake, hereinafter called plaintiff, brought this action against Salt River Valley Water Users’ Association, a corporation, hereinafter called defendant, for damages caused through the alleged negligence of the latter. The jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff in the sum of $900 and after the usual motion for new trial was overruled, the matter was brought before us on appeal.

There are two questions involved, (a) was defendant’s negligence the cause of the admitted injury to plaintiff’s property, and (b) if it was, did the jury properly fix the amount of the damages. So far as…