Bookhart v. Greenlease-Lied Motor Co.

— The vital question in this case is as to whether or not the plaintiff, at the time in question, within the meaning of the law, ivas a passenger or person riding in a motor vehicle as a guest or by invitation and not for hire. It may be conceded that the allegations of plaintiff’s petition are sufficient to charge both negligence and recklessness on the part of the driver of the automobile. At the close of plaintiff’s evidence, and again at the close of all of the evidence, the defendant moved for a directed verdict, upon the ground that the testimony shows that the plaintiff, at the time of…