Larson v. Storm

This is an action for personal injuries in an automobile accident, the plaintiff being the guest of the defendant. The first trial resulted in a mistrial. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for $3,500 on the second trial, and the defendant appealed from - the judgment entered upon the verdict.

The plaintiff and defendant resided on farms not far from each other. The plaintiff was a rural school-teacher, ■20 years of age, and the defendant a young farmer, 23 years of age, and they had been keeping company for something over a year, attending various social functions together. They…