Vitelli

The above action was for the recovery of damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the negligence of defendants Andrew Minutoli and P. G-rassi & Co. “Travertite” Works, Inc., a corporation (which will be hereinafter referred to as such). Before the suit was filed plaintiff was adjudged incompetent and appeared by her guardian. A jury returned a verdict against the corporation, which has appealed from the judgment entered thereon, and also against defendant Minutoli, who has not appealed. Following a motion for a new trial the amount of the verdict was reduced, and it is not claimed that the judgment entered is excessive, nor that the evidence was insufficient to sustain a finding of negligence.

The evidence shows that on Saturday, May 11, 1929, plaintiff was riding in an automobile owned by the corporation and driven by Minutoli. At the intersection of Third and Townsend Streets in San Francisco the car came into collision with another automobile, with the result that the plaintiff was injured. Minutoli was the vice-president and general manager of the corporation, and it was alleged by plaintiff that the car was being operated in the course of the…