Michaelson v. Simula

Defendant Simula and plaintiff live in northern Michigan and are brother and sister. They desired to attend the funeral of a relative in the city of Detroit. Simula had an automobile, and plaintiff proposed that he drive to Detroit and she would pay for the gasoline, his meals, and the repairs, if any, for the car. The offer was accepted, and they started on the trip, and had not proceeded far when the automobile went into a ditch at a turn in the road and plaintiff was injured.

In the declaration, first filed, plaintiff alleged that she “was being conveyed as a guest,” and the accident…