Wright v. Tate

Leslie Robinson Wright, a guest passenger in an automobile operated by Homer Neal Wright, defendant, was fatally injured when the vehicle ran off Route 606 in Bland county and struck a tree. Fred B. Tate, Jr., Administrator of the estate of Leslie Robinson Wright, plaintiff, brought an action against defendant to recover damages for the wrongful death of his decedent.

In his motion for judgment plaintiff alleged, inter alia, that defendant was intoxicated at the time of the accident and drove his vehicle “in a grossly negligent manner”. Defendant, in his answer denied the allegations and…