Mendoza v. Aguilera

Jesse Mendoza was struck on the leg by a falling branch while assisting the defendant, Edmund Aguilera, in trimming trees in the yard of the Aguilera residence. Plaintiff administratrix brought this action for negligence.- At the conclusion of the plaintiff’s evidence, the defendant’s motion to dismiss was sustained.

The defendant had requested Jesse Mendoza to help trim some trees in the yard of the defendant’s residence. Mendoza was the husband of Trinidad Mendoza, who was the mother-in-law of the defendant. Jesse Mendoza was 64 years of age and had retired in July 1966, after 38 years of…