Fletcher Motor Sales, Inc. v. Cooney

CHAPMAN, C. J.:

Edward J. Cooney, surviving husband of Gladys Y. Cooney, deceased, instituted suit under Section 320.59, Fla. Stats. 1941 (F.S.A.), in the Circuit Court of Duval County, Florida, against Richard Shaar, the driver on February 11, 1945, of one 1939 Mercury Sedan automobile, and the Fletcher Motor Sales, Inc., as owner thereof. The plaintiff’s deceased wife, Gladys Y. Cooney, on the aforesaid date was riding as a guest or passenger of the car drive by Shaar. When the collision occurred Shaar was driving approximately sixty miles per hour on Ortega Boulevard, Jacksonville, Florida,…