Wright v. Carey

GRISSOM, Justice.

This is a suit based on the automobile guest statute (Art. 6701b, Vernon’s Ann. Civ.St.) by Mrs. Emma Carey, a widow, for herself and as next friend of her minor daughter, Louise Carey, to recover damages caused by an automobile accident which oc*750curred while Sidney Wright was driving an automobile and Mrs. Carey and Louise were riding therein as his gratuitous guests. The trial resulted in a judgment awarding $1,008 for hospital, doctor and medicine bills, and awarding $500 and $1,000 as compensation for pain suffered by Mrs. Carey and Louise respectively. Wright has appealed.