Wharton, Jr. v. Day

This is an appeal to review a judgment for the plaintiff below for injuries by her sustained in an automobile collision in Volusia County, Florida, on the Atlantic Boulevard or highway just south of the City of Ormond. Suit was brought and the action prosecuted under the provisions of Chapter 18033, Acts of 1937, Laws of Florida, commonly known as the Guest Statute. The plaintiff was a guest passenger in an automobile owned by the defendant but operated at the time of the collision by Miss Lillie Mae Brooks. The defendant, the owner, was on the front seat of the car at the time of the impact.

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