Whitfield v. Wheeler

(After stating the foregoing facts.) This being a case wherein a guest is suing the host, it was incumbent upon the guest (plaintiff) to show by the evidence that the host (defendant) was guilty of gross negligence in the operation of his automobile. “One riding by invitation and gratuitously in another’s automobile can not recover for injury caused by the other’s negligence in driving, unless it amounted to gross negligence.” Epps v. Parrish, 26 Ga. App. 399 (106 S. E. 297). Gross negligence as defined by this court is the want of slight care and diligence; such care as careless and…