Looney v. Parker

I. Plaintiff’s wife was permitted to testify, over proper objection, that plaintiff was not able to do any work for two months following the accident. This testimony, though in the nature of a conclusion, was permissible. Stilson v. Ellis, 208 Iowa 1157; Stone v. Moore, 83 Iowa 186, 188; Tyler v. Moore, 111 Ore. 499 (226 Pac. 443); Koch v. Lynch, 247 Mass. 459 (141 N. E. 677).

II. An automobile salesman testified to the value of plaintiff’s car before and after the accident. He then testified that the purpose of a publication known as “The Red Book” was “to have the loan value of financing…