STERLING v. CARR


213 A.2d 704 (1965)

George R. STERLING and Dorothy P. Sterling, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. James G. CARR and Lusby G. McCoy, Jr., Defendants-Appellees. Joseph R. BIDEN and Jean F. Biden, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. James G. CARR and Lusby G. McCoy, Jr., Defendants-Appellees. Vincent W. VANDENBRAAK and Jean Vandenbraak, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. James G. CARR and Lusby G. McCoy, Jr., Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

September 20, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David B. Coxe, Jr., and Carl Schnee, Wilmington, for Appellants Biden.

Richard J. Baker, Wilmington, for appellants Sterling.

Nathan P. Michlin, Wilmington, for appellants Vandenbraak.

E. N. Carpenter, II, and Charles F. Richards, of Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, for appellees.

WOLCOTT, C. J., and CAREY and HERRMANN, JJ., sitting.


WOLCOTT, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the Superior Court granting summary judgments to the defendants by applying the Delaware Guest Statute in an action for personal injuries arising out of an accident occurring in West Virginia. The defendants, appellees here, concede that the merits of the appeal are controlled by this Court's recent decision in Friday v. Smoot, 211 A.2d 594, holding the Delaware Guest Statute...

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