Beletti v. Schuster

The principal issue before us in this appeal is whether at the close of plaintiff’s evidence a jury question was presented under section 321.494, Code of Iowa, 1958, commonly referred to as the guest statute. The trial court thought not and directed a verdict for defendants. We agree with that determination.

Plaintiff, defendant Joe Schuster, and another couple were returning to Fort Dodge from a Sunday trip to West Bend to see the Grotto on this bright sunny afternoon of August 3, 1958, when they were involved in a one-car accident a few miles east of West Bend, Iowa, on a recently…