Wright v. Estep

delivered the opinion of the court.

Frank Wright, while riding as >a guest passenger in a car driven by Hobert Estep along Highway No. 460 in Pike county, Kentucky, was severely injured when the car collided with another driven by Leonard Gooslin. Estep died a few days after the collision from injuries received therein. Wright instituted the present action at law in the Circuit Court of Buchanan county, Virginia, against Estep’s administratrix to recover damages for his personal injuries.

The issue of the liability of the defendant’s decedent was submitted to the jury under the law of Kentucky…