Martin v. Martin

In this guest-passenger case the respondent-wife obtained a judgment for both actual and punitive damages against her appellant-husband. The accident giving rise to the litigation occurred between the hours of 7:00 and 8:00 p. m. on the night of January 3, 1971, in the front yard of the residence of the parties. Such residence is located on the west side of Highway 41 at Centenary in the County of Marion. The parties had been visiting in the neighborhood some two miles south of the residence traveling in a 1969 Ford pickup truck operated by the husband. Upon returning from their visit, and…