Stam v. Cannon

UHLENHOPP, Justice.

We have here to decide several questions which arose in the trial of a rear-end automobile collision case.

Lawrence M. and Wilma Stam are husband and wife. For several years prior to the collision they operated a farm which they were buying on contract. For a time Mr. Stam also worked in a sale barn and had a trucking business. Until shortly before the collision, Mrs. Stam had not worked off the farm for several years, Their income went into a common bank account.

As of the time of the collision on February 25, 1966, both of the Stams had employment off the farm. Mr. Stam ran…