Adams v. Treat

McAllister, j.

This is an automobile personal injury action in which the jury found for defendant and plaintiff appeals. The principal question is whether the court erred- in permitting the jury to impute to the plaintiff the alleged contributory negligence of her husband.

Plaintiff and her husband were on a Sunday drive in their jointly owned automobile. The husband was driving and two of their small children were in the back seat. They drove from Portland to Scappoose on Highway 30 and then turned westerly on the road to Yernonia. As they often did on their Sunday drives, the Adamses intended…