Rehm v. Interstate Motor Freight System

MARTIN, Circuit Judge.

Appellant concedes that the negligence of the driver of an automobile is, under the law of Michigan, imputable to a guest passenger. Asserting, however, that this doctrine, which is at utter variance with that prevailing generally in American jurisprudence, is limited in its applicability to those whose election to ride with the operator of the automobile is free and voluntary, appellant insists that the district court erred in charging the jury that there would be imputable to appellant’s decedent any contributory negligence of the driver of the automobile in which the…