Evans v. Holsinger

Involved in this action is the Iowa “guest •statute”, but no claim is made that plaintiff did not plead and prove a case requiring submission to the jury. No motion for directed verdict was made either at the close of plaintiff’s evidence or at the end of all the evidence in the ease. There are, however, other serious questions involved which require careful consideration.

Plaintiff’s action was brought in a representative capacity. Her husband, Charles Evans, was killed in Polk County, Iowa, on the early morning of January 16, 1949, while riding as a passenger and guest in defendant’s…