Gilliam v. Gerhardt

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

COKE, C. J.

In this action the plaintiff-appellee, Alberta Gilliam, sued Harrison A. Gerbardt, defendant-appellant, for dam ages for personal injuries sustained while riding as a guest passenger in an automobile owned and operated by Wilma N. Harmony on Ala Wai Boulevard in the city of Honolulu at about one o’clock a. m. on the morning of May 10, 1936. The trial of the cause before a jury in the circuit court resulted in a verdict for appellee in the sum of $8750. The appellant brings the cause to this court on exceptions.

On the night of the accident Miss Harmony,…