Raggs v. Gouse

SHANNON, Judge.

This is an appeal by the defendant-appellant from an adverse final judgment in a personal injury action brought by the plaintiff-appellee.

The plaintiff below was a passenger in the automobile which defendant was driving at the time of the accident, and her complaint alleged a passenger-for-hire status and charged simple negligence in the operation of the motor vehicle. Defendant denied liability; denied that the plaintiff was a passenger-for-hire; and plead contributory negligence. The case came on foi trial, and, at the conclusion of all of the evidence, the court announced…