Wutchumna Water Co. v. Stevenson

RICHARDS, J.,

This appeal is from a judgment of dismissal of this action given and made under section 583 of the Code of Civil Procedure for want of prosecution. The action was commenced on August 5, 1921, and was an action for the specific performance of an agreement in writing entered into between the parties on September 6, 1913, by the terms of which the defendant herein agreed to build and construct a levee about and around a certain artificial lake in the county of Tulare known as Woodlake or Bravo Lake, such work to be commenced immediately and to be completed within five days; or if…