J. C. PENNEY COMPANY v. ROMERO

No. 13377.

318 S.W.2d 129 (1958)

J. C. PENNEY COMPANY, Appellant, v. C. B. ROMERO, as Next Friend of Joe Romero, a Minor, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

Rehearing Denied November 26, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mann & Byfield, Laredo, for appellant.

John Fitzgerald Ryan, Laredo, for appellee.


W. O. MURRAY, Chief Justice.

This suit was instituted by C. B. Romero, as next friend of his son, Joe Romero, a minor fifteen years of age, against J. C. Penney Company, hereinafter called Penney, seeking to recover damages for false imprisonment. The trial was to a jury and resulted in judgment in favor of plaintiff and against Penney in the sum of $1,100, from which judgment Penney has prosecuted this appeal.

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