Ganzhorn v. Manufacturers' Casualty Insurance

The evidence in the case showing the circumstances under which the plaintiff accompanied Ahr and Ottens across the country in the automobile (a station-wagon type) owned by Ahr satisfies me that, for the purposes of making the trip, the automobile was not being used thereby “as a public or livery conveyance,” and that it was not being used “ for carrying persons for a charge.” In its aspects most favorable to the defendant the most that can be asserted from the evidence is that Ahr, Ottens, and the plaintiff informally arrived at an understanding that each of them would bear equally solely…