Bohnsack v. Driftmier

On .February 28, 1950, about 8 p.m., Walter Bohnsack, twenty-one, was riding- as a guest of defendant, Drift-mier, in his automobile. While defendant was driving south on paved U. S. Highway 65 his ear collided with a truck going north. Bohnsack was killed. His mother, as his administratrix, brought this law action under the guest statute, section 321.494, Code, 1950, to recover for his death, alleging it was caused by defendant’s reckless operation of his automobile.

At the close of plaintiff’s evidence defendant moved for a directed verdict because of claimed insufficient evidence of…