Bartolucci v. Falleti

Peter Falleti has appealed from a judgment of the circuit court of La Salle county for $12,500 against him in an action by Josephine Bartolucei for damages on account of personal injuries sustained by her in an automobile accident while riding as a guest in his car. The accident occurred at about 10:30 P.M. on the night of January 30,1937, on a winding gravel road south of Peru. The left rear wheel of the car came off while descending a hill. The car left the road, went over an embankment 15 or 20 feet into the bed of Cedar Creek, and turned over.

The guest statute of this State (Ill. Rev.…