Stockton v. Summers

COULSON, Justice.

This is a guest statute case.

A motion for summary judgment was granted against appellants A. J. Stockton and wife, Ruthie, plaintiffs below, in their suit for personal injuries against appellee O. W. Thornton.

The initial question presented is whether the appeal bond was timely filed so as to give this Court jurisdiction, which question turns upon the date this summary judgment became final and appealable. The second question is whether the guest statute precluded appellants’ claim as a matter of law under the evidence presented on motion for summary judgment.

Appellants were…