Rohrer v. Denton

Mr. Presiding Justice Riess

delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiff appellant, Violet Rohrer, has appealed from an order of the circuit court of Sangamon county, Illinois, granting motion for a directed jury verdict in favor of defendant appellee, Byron Denton, which was entered at the close of plaintiff’s evidence in a suit seeking recovery of damages sustained by the plaintiff while riding as a guest passenger in an automobile owned and driven by the defendant.

The damages were alleged to have resulted from a collision which occurred on an 18 foot concrete State Highway with black center…