HAMILTON v. O'DONNELL

No. 83-1386.

367 N.W.2d 293 (1985)

Larry D. HAMILTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James O'DONNELL, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

February 26, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harlyn A. Stoebe and Curt J. Stoebe of Stoebe Law Office, Humboldt, for plaintiff-appellant.

James L. Kramer of Johnson, Erb, Latham & Gibb, P.C., Fort Dodge, for defendant-appellee.

Heard by OXBERGER, C.J., and SNELL and SCHLEGEL, JJ.


SNELL, Judge.

Plaintiff, Larry Hamilton, and defendant, James O'Donnell, are both farmers in Humboldt County. Over the years, they established a practice of exchanging help on their farm work. This practice did not involve the payment of wages for each other's help. Rather, the parties kept a mental accounting of time spent and would get together for dinner and a night out with their wives at the end of the year.

In March of 1978, defendant asked plaintiff...

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