Leadbetter

This was an action by a husband to recover damages arising from personal injuries sustained by his wife in a collision between his automobile and one driven by the defendant. The plaintiff had judgment below, and the defendant has appealed.

The wife of the appellee had already prosecuted an action against the appellant in one of the state courts of Oregon, to recover damages for personal injuries arising out of the same collision, and in her complaint in that action alleged, among other things, that she had been obliged to incur, and would be obliged to incur in the future, large obligations for medical treatment and care and attention. There was a recovery in that action and the judgment has been paid and satisfied.

On the present appeal two questions are presented for consideration: First, over objection and exception, the appellee was permitted to testify as to the speed of the automobile driven by the appellant at the time of the collision; second, the appellee was permitted to recover the expense of employing housekeepers to perform services theretofore performed by his injured wife, and it is contended that such recovery was unwarranted because the wife, in the former…