WOOLERY v. SHEARER

No. 34471.

53 Wn.2d 156 (1958)

332 P.2d 236

REX WOOLERY, Individually and as Guardian ad Litem of Mary Alice Woolery, Respondent, v. WILLIAM SHEARER, Appellant.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department Two.

November 28, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Splawn & Bounds, for appellant.

H. Frank Stubbs, for respondent.


ROSELLINI, J.

This is a personal injury suit, arising out of a collision which occurred when a pickup truck owned and driven by the defendant collided with a bus on an icy roadway. The plaintiff's wife, who is the defendant's half-sister, was a passenger in the truck and was severely and permanently injured.

The plaintiff sought to show that Mrs. Woolery was a paying passenger and therefore not within the provisions of the guest statute, and the jury so found...

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