Ferris v. Von Mannagetta

This case, as it comes to us, is one in which the defendant Mrs. Yon Mannagetta, to whom we shall hereafter refer as the defendant, is appealing from a judgment rendered against her in favor of the plaintiff for injuries he suffered when the car which she was driving came into collision with a truck. The plaintiff was riding as a guest in the car, and the accident occurred before the so-called guest statute, General Statutes, § 1628, was repealed. It was therefore incumbent upon the plaintiff, if he was to recover, to prove that the defendant in the operation of the car was guilty of conduct…