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Mrs. Hennen owned the 200 acres in her own name. She
purchased the 200 acres from her Uncle in 1972. Mr. Hennen then
entered into an oral arrangement to lease the acreage from Mrs.
Hennen. Mrs. Hennen deposits the rent received from her husband
in her farm account which is separate from his account. When
petitioners entered into the oral agreement, petitioners expected
that Mrs. Hennen would perform the duties she had been performing
in the farming operations.
Since Mr. and Mrs. Hennen began farming, Mrs. Hennen has
provided general farming services to the endeavor. She bought
cattle, loaded cattle, and vaccinated cattle. She cleaned shop.
She also sprayed weeds, picked up parts, unloaded grain, and
drove a tractor. In addition, Mrs. Hennen performed the farm
bookkeeping. Mrs. Hennen carried on these duties prior to
renting the land to her husband. Mrs. Hennen did whatever it
took to make the farm run more smoothly and had done so ever
since Mr. Hennen and Mrs. Hennen were married 38 years ago. Mrs.
Hennen worked on the farm approximately 1,000 hours per year.
Mrs. Hennen did not participate in making decisions as to
the type of crop to plant, nor did she participate in other
management decisions. Mr. Hennen made the management decisions.
In each of the years in issue, Mrs. Hennen entered into a
purported Employment Agreement (Agreement) with Mr. Hennen. The
Agreement said that with respect to Mr. Hennen's business of
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