Pierce v. Clemens

Draper, J. —

The appellee brought suit against the appellant alleging that the appellee was a guest rider in an automobile owned and driven by the appellant; that the appellant stopped the vehicle and requested appellee to drive which he accordingly did; that thereafter the appellant without warning wantonly, willfully and with reckless disregard of the rights of appellee pulled open the throttle on the instrument panel of said vehicle thereby causing its speed to accelerate to such an extent that appellee lost control of the vehicle, as a result of which it left the pavement and crashed into…