Frey v. Dick

Counsel for the plaintiff Frey seek reversal on this appeal on the ground that the negligent speed and lookout on the part of the host Dick were momentary in *6character and could not be assumed by the guest as a matter of law. In support of such position there are cited the cases of Diersen v. Staven (1956), 271 Wis. 519, 74 N. W. (2d) 158; Wibbeler v. Reed (1953), 265 Wis. 141, 60 N. W. (2d) 700; and Wheeler v. Rural Mut. Casualty Ins. Co. (1952), 261 Wis. 528, 53 N. W. (2d) 190.

Ordinarily it is true that negligent lookout on the part of a host-driver is momentary in character, and, when such…