BROWN V. MARTINEZ
361 P.2d 152 (1961)
NATURE OF THE CASE: Brown (P) appealed a judgment in favor of Martinez (D) in P's action
for injuries sustained when P was shot while stealing D's watermelons.
FACTS: P, a 15-year old boy, and two other boys visited D's garden patch adjacent to the
road for the purpose of stealing melons. They did the same thing again the next night. Two
of the boys entered the melon patch, and P went to the southeast corner of the property. P
was in the highway right of way close to the fence. D came out of his house with a rifle in
his hand, called to the boys to get out. D fired his gun toward the southwest corner of the
property to scare them. P was struck in the back of the left leg, half way between the ankle
and the knee, breaking the bones and coming out of the front of the leg. P sued D for
damages. A considerable quantity of melons was taken or destroyed and the fence between the
patch and the road was damaged. The court found that P had committed an unlawful act against
D. The trial court found that D 'acted reasonably and prudently to prevent any further
trespassing against his land and crops' and his actions 'did not constitute the use of
unnecessary force, malice or willful or specific intent to injure' D or anyone else but was
only 'such force as was reasonably necessary to eject' the trespassers from the property.
The court found for D and P appealed.
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