Howard v. Riley

The question on this appeal is whether the plaintiff, Eva Howard, and her husband, Gilbert C. Howard, were engaged in either a partnership or joint enterprise at the time of the accident. The facts are these:

The Flowards were married to each other twenty-four years and had no children. Mr. Howard was employed as an electrician by the same employer for many years. They lived in a home on Highway 50 in Kenosha county, the title of which was in the name of both as joint tenants and was acquired by the earnings of Mr. Howard. The bank account was joint as between them and the earnings of Mr.…