Mason v. Shook

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of Prentiss County in an action for personal injuries alleged to have been received by appellee in Chicago, Illinois, while riding as a guest in a car driven by appellant, the trial of which resulted in judgment for plaintiff for $15,000.

The case was tried under the Illinois law, which State had a guest statute in effect at the time of the accident, appearing in Smith-Hurd Illinois Statutes (1950), Chapter 95%, Section 58a:

“No person riding in a motor vehicle as a guest, without payment for such ride, nor his personal representatives in the event of…