Moss v. Chronicle Publishing Co.

This is an action by plaintiff for personal injuries received by him in June, 1922. Said injuries were caused by the act of one Robert Miotti and the question of negligence is not an issue on this appeal. Plaintiff alleged a cause of action against each of the defendants, Charles A. Mowry and The Chronicle Publishing Company, a corporation, under the rule of respondeat superior. The trial developed into a contest between these two defendants as to whose servant Miotti was in the doing of the act out of which plaintiff’s cause of action arose. The jury rendered a verdict in favor of the…