Dell'Aria v. Bonfa

HOLMAN, Commissioner.

In this action plaintiff, Frances Dell’Aria, sought to recover damages in the sum of $65,000 from defendant, Frances Bonfa, for injuries received when defendant lost control of her car and it ran into a mountain side which bordered the right side of the highway. Plaintiff was a guest in defendant’s automobile. A trial resulted in a verdict for the defendant. From the ensuing judgment plaintiff has duly appealed.

On February 4, 1954, plaintiff, defendant, and the latter’s niece, Josephine Bundy, left St. Louis, Missouri, in defendant’s automobile enroute to California. The…