Oyler v. Ramsey

William Tex Ramsey, the plaintiff, was injured when the automobile in which he was riding as a guest passenger collided with a bridge abutment. The defendant’s decedent, Robert Edward Oyler, who was killed in the collision, was the operator of the vehicle. In an action brought by the plaintiff for his injuries, the jury returned *565a verdict in his favor in the sum of $25,000, and judgment was entered thereon. The defendant is here on a writ of error.

The principal claim on appeal is that the evidence was insufficient as a matter of law to support a finding of gross negligence proximately causing…