Protrka v. Alger

This is an appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment, based upon a verdict, which the circuit court entered in favor of the defendant. The action which terminated in the challenged judgment was instituted by the plaintiff to recover damages for an injury which she says she sustained through the negligence of the defendant when an automobile driven by him collided with one driven by her husband in which she was riding as a guest.

The plaintiff-appellant presents two assignments of error, each of which complains of the action of the trial judge in submitting to the jury the defense of contributory…