Zwanziger v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.

These consolidated actions grow out of a train-automobile collision. Plaintiffs dismissed as to defendant railroad. Plaintiff Donald Zwanziger, as -administrator of the estate of Janet Zwanziger, and Sharon Croatt, by her next friend, each allege they were passengers and not guests, in the automobile being driven by defendant Jane Hamilton and owned by de*16fendant Robert Hamilton. At the close of plaintiffs’ evidence defendants moved for directed verdict on the grounds plaintiffs failed to carry their burden of proof that Janet Zwanziger and Sharon Croatt were passengers other than guests at…