Proud v. Adelberg

Mr. Presiding Justice Denis E. Sullivan

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered in the circuit. court for $2,000 in favor of plaintiff, Hazel Proud, for personal injuries which she received while riding in the automobile owned by Arthur J. Adelberg which, at the time of the accident was being driven by Lillian Berndt, and from which judgment the defendants bring this appeal.

The suit was brought under the so-called “Guest Statute” of the Illinois Motor Vehicle Act and the declaration consisted of one count, in which plaintiff charges that Lillian Berndt was…