Lawson v. Fisk

Rehearing Opinion.

In passing upon a rehearing that was allowed to the defendant Clarence Hoklas, one of the defendants in the above entitled cause and to which the plaintiff filed an answer, we will consider the questions as they are presented by the parties.

It has been suggested by this defendant that the legislature has seen fit to allow recovery for accidental injuries to a guest in an automobile only in case of injuries through wilful and wanton misconduct of the operator of the motor vehicle and that ordinary negligence on his part will not give rise to a cause of action to a guest.

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