WILCOX v. HILLIGAS

No. 50634.

117 N.W.2d 42 (1962)

Jerry L. WILCOX, by his next friend, M. J. Wilcox, Appellant, v. Donald HILLIGAS and Charles Hilligas, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

September 18, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Orville W. Bloethe, Victor, and Bray, McCoy & Faulkner, Oskaloosa, for appellant.

Tomasek & Vogel, Grinnell, for appellees.


THORNTON, Justice.

A verdict has been directed against plaintiff, a rear-seat guest in defendant's automobile, because of insufficiency of plaintiff's evidence to make a jury question on reckless operation by defendant driver. Hence this appeal.

Plaintiff is entitled to have the evidence viewed in the light most favorable to him. And, if, so viewed, there is substantial evidence from which a jury might reasonably...

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