BANKS v. FOOD TOWN

No. 4511.

98 So.2d 719 (1957)

Alex BANKS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FOOD TOWN, Inc., Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 23, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Louis Gonzales, Baton Rouge, for appellant.

Percy & Macmurdo, Baton Rouge, for appellee.


TATE, Judge.

Plaintiff Banks appeals from judgment dismissing his suit for damages based upon an allegedly unlawful search of his person by defendant's employee who incorrectly suspected Banks of shoplifting while in defendant's store.

Plaintiff testified that while leaving defendant's supermarket after pricing the beef there, without making a purchase, he was accosted by the defendant's employee, Harelson, who called, "Hey you, come here, what do you have...

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