McCarty v. Bishop

Respondent here was plaintiff below, and appellant was defendant. The parties will be referred to herein as plaintiff and defendant, as they were in the circuit court. Plaintiff sued for damages on account of injuries sustained in a motor car collision and obtained a judgment, from which this appeal is prosecuted.

Plaintiff and defendant are sisters and defendant was the owner and operator of a car in which plaintiff was riding in the State of Illinois when she was injured. Defendant carried an insurance policy and insurer is the real party defending. Illinois had what is known as the "guest…