Alvarado v. Flower Bros. Rock Crusher Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Burch, J.:

The action was one for compensation. The court rendered judgment against the plaintiff, on his own evidence, and he appeals.

The defendant leased a tract of land on which it operated a stone quarry. It employed Mexican labor, and nine or ten employees lived in tents and houses in the vicinity of the quarry, for which they paid no rent. The plaintiff and his family lived in a tent which was 150 yards from the quarry. The tent was located on a hillside, beneath a cliff in which there was an outcropping rock weighing many tons. The rock was so…