Pupke v. Pupke

Writ of error to review a judgment entered on a jury verdict of $2,550 recovered by defendant in error in a case involving the automobile guest statute (’35 O. S. A., volume 2, chapter 16, section 371, S. L. 1931, p. 460, §1). Defendant in error is mother of plaintiff in error, and reference will be made to them herein as mother and daughter. The only question in the case is whether the daughter’s conduct, in its relation to the operation of the automobile owned by her father, consisted of such “a willful and wanton disregard of the rights of others ’ ’ as to be actionable under the statute.

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