Ramey v. Ramey

(dissenting) :

I respectfully dissent and would reverse the order of the lower court.

Our guest statute was enacted by the legislature in 1930. It is an exact copy of one enacted by the legislature of Connecticut in 1927. See Fulghum v. Bleakley, 177 S. C. 286, 181 S. E. 30 (1935). In Silver v. Silver, 280 U. S. 117, 50 S. Ct. 57, 74 L. Ed. 221 (1929), the United States Supreme Court held the Connecticut statute constitutional. In Cannon v. Oviatt, 419 U. S. 810, 95 S. Ct. 24, 42 L. Ed. (2d) 37 (1974), the same Court summarily affirmed the Utah Supreme Count’s decision upholding its guest…