Bond

Appellant, Pacific Coast Casualty Company of California, was sued by the respondent to recover damages suffered by collision with a motor jitney bus owned and driven by the defendant Holloway. The latter was insured against liability under a casualty insurance policy issued by the appellant, which policy, by its terms, inured to the benefit of anyone having a cause of action arising out of the negligent operation of the defendant Holloway’s motor-bus. On the trial before a jury verdict and judgment were for the plaintiff in the sum of $2,290 and costs. Special findings were also returned by the jury; and this appeal is taken from the order of the trial court denying appealing defendant’s motion to vacate the judgment on alleged grounds of inconsistency of the judgment with the special verdict of the jury, under sections 6G3, 663a of the Code of Civil Procedure.

Appellant relies, in its contention, upon an ordinance of the city of Los Angeles, where the cause of action arose, which makes it unlawful for any person to operate a motor- bus without having first obtained a permit in writing from the board of police commissioners, and requiring certain formalities as a condition of…