Lambert v. Smith

Appellant, plaintiff below, appeals from a judgment of nonsuit at the conclusion of her evidence. Appellant sued for personal injuries resulting from an automobile accident in which she was a passenger in the car owned and driven by the respondent. Appellant admits being a guest, but bases her action upon the guest statute, set out in the margin. 2

This is the first case to reach this court under the recast of that statute by the 1957 legislature. It is unnecessary to consider our decisions under the prior statute because the sole question here is the order sustaining a challenge to the legal…