Legal Opinion
Withers v. Stimmel
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided November 23, 1962No. 16080PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIXON, Chief Justice.
This appeal calls on us to construe the Guest Statute of another State. Ch. 95½. Sec. 9-201 of the Revised Statutes of the State of Ilinois (1957). 1
The Illinois Statute, unlike most Guest Statutes, expressly includes, persons engaged in a joint enterprise. In other words the Statute denies recovery to an injured person while engaged in a joint enterprise with the owner or driver of an automobile, unless the accident was caused by wilful and wanton misconduct.
On December 18, 1959 three young men, Appellant, Donald Withers, appellee, David Stimmel and John Randolph Curry…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Bonney v. San Antonio Transit CompanyTexas Supreme Court · 1959
- Grubb v. Illinois Terminal Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1937
- Schmid v. EslickSupreme Court of Kansas · 1957
- McCormick v. Stowe Lumber CompanyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1962
- Le Sage v. PryorTexas Commission of Appeals · 1941
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Gutierrez v. CollinsTexas Supreme Court · 1979
- Colson v. Thunderbird Building MaterialsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1979
- Lillie Bell Gaston v. B. F. Walker, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Marmon v. Mustang Aviation, Inc.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1967
- Continental Oil Co. v. General American Transportation Corp.District Court, S.D. Texas · 1976
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