Wirth v. Pokert

The plaintiff, Mrs. Louise Wirth, was injured as a result of a collision between a Buick touring car, in which she was a passenger, and a Studebaker automobile. She brings this suit against the driver of both vehicles and the owner of the Buick car, claiming $10,000 as damages for physical injuries. The suit as against Langlois, the driver of the Buick car, was abandoned, no service ever having been made upon him.

The lower court awarded plaintiff judgment against Emile Pokert, the driver of the Studebaker automobile, in the sum of $1,000 and dismissed her suit 'as against the other defendant.…