Stanford v. Stanford

BATEMAN, Justice.

This is a suit for damages because of personal injuries sustained by the appellant Nell Stanford while riding as a guest in an automobile owned and operated by the appellee Mrs. Elizabeth Stanford. The sole question presented here is the applicability vel non of Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St., Art. 6701b, commonly known as the Texas Guest Statute, in a case arising from an accident occurring entirely on private property.

Facts

The parties had been good friends for many years, their deceased husbands having been brothers. They had had lunch together at a cafeteria, and shopped at various…