Reese v. Day

This is an appeal from judgments of non-suit in favor of defendants Mary Day, executrix of the estate of Anthony H. Day, deceased, and Emile Komstheoft in an action for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff and appellant John I. Reese in an automobile collision.

Anthony Day was the driver of the car in which appellant Reese was riding as a guest at the time it collided with a pickup truck driven by respondent Komstheoft. Appellant’s action against the Day estate was founded on wilful misconduct under the guest statute; the action against Komstheoft, on simple negligence.

The accident…