White v. King

The appellants, Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. White, a husband and wife residing in Prince George’s County, Maryland, sued the appellee, a resident of the same county, in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, for injuries sustained in Michigan, when the appellee, who was driving the automobile in which the appellants were riding, apparently fell asleep at the wheel. The trial court, at the close of the appellants’ case, granted a directed verdict for the appellee, on the grounds that the law of Michigan governed, that the appellants were guests of the appellee, as a matter of law, within the…