JOHNSON v. WATKINS

No. 3736.

262 P.2d 237 (1953)

JOHNSON v. WATKINS, et al.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

October 20, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Dale Murphy, McCarran, Rice, Wedge and Blakey, Reno, for Appellant.

Morgan Anglim, Reno, for respondents George E. Miller and Frank Gerhard.

Griswold, Vargas and Bartlett, Reno, for Respondents Walter S. Watkins and Wellesley Watkins, his son, dba as co-partners under the firm name and style of W.S. Watkins & Son.


EATHER, Chief Justice.

A nonsuit was entered against plaintiff and he asks us to reverse the judgment. After a careful study of the entire record we are compelled to affirm the action of the district judge.

Defendant, W.S. Watkins & Son, operated a lumber mill in Reno to which heavy logs were hauled and dumped into a pond. Plaintiff (appellant) was an independent hauler of logs under contract with a man who sold logs to Watkins. Plaintiff had delivered...

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