Breen v. Nugent

This is a suit for personal injuries received in an automobile accident, and the issue actually tried was the liability of the owner of the car under the guest law of Nebraska. At the close of all the evidence,' each side moved for an instructed verdict, and the jury were discharged, and the trial court rendered a judgment for plaintiff for $2,000, and defendant appeals.

On July 15, 1935, plaintiff filed her petition, in which she set out that the defendant was the owner of a Ford V-8 sedan, and on June1 23, 1935, plaintiff was riding as a g-uest and, at the request of the defendant, was…