Miller v. Cox
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of San. Bernardino County, and from an order denying a new trial. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtPaterson, J.
— In 1884, Mr. Matthew Gage was engaged in the construction of a canal which was to take-water from a station in San Bernardino County, and to conduct the same to lands below the point of diversion for irrigation. For this purpose he employed Mr. C. C. Miller, a civil engineer, and intrusted to him the sole management of the matter, with full power to locate the line and construct the ditch. The defendant, Cox, knowing that Miller was clothed with the authority to determine where the ditch should be run, visited Miller, and asked him “ to give him some points on what land was going to come…
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