Steward v. Bartley

This is an appeal from a judgment of $10,000 entered, upon a verdict in favor of plaintiff for personal injuries, suffered by him while riding as a guest in an automobile being driven by defendant. Defendant filed a motion for new trial, which was denied. No motions in arrest of judgment or for judgment notwithstanding the verdict were filed.

The complaint consisted of one count charging defendant with wilful and wanton misconduct.

The principal ground for reversal urged by defendant is that the complaint is so fundamentally defective that it states no cause of action whatsoever, is wholly…