GREAT A. & P. TEA CO. v. FED. DETECTIVE AGENCY

Nos. 62-737, 62-738.

157 So.2d 148 (1963)

THE GREAT ATLANTIC & PACIFIC TEA COMPANY, INC., A MARYLAND CORPORATION, APPELLANT v. THE FEDERAL DETECTIVE AGENCY, INC., A GEORGIA CORPORATION, AND W.E. SHARP, APPELLEES. THE GREAT ATLANTIC & PACIFIC TEA COMPANY, INC., A MARYLAND CORPORATION, APPELLANT, v. DEWEY VARNER, APPELLEE.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied November 21, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dean, Adams & Fischer, Miami, for appellant.

Dixon, DeJarnette, Bradford, Williams, McKay & Kimbrell, Miami, for Federal Detective Agency, Inc., and W.E. Sharp.

Nichols, Gaither, Beckham, Colson & Spence and Alan R. Schwartz, Miami, for Dewey Varner.

Before BARKDULL, C.J., and CARROLL and TILLMAN PEARSON, JJ.


BARKDULL, Chief Judge.

The cases under review herein arose out of a malicious prosecution action based on the following facts. In late November, 1960, someone whose identity is unknown, cashed a check in the amount of $94.51 at the A & P Supermarket No. 200, in Dade County, Florida. No one at the store was able to identify the person cashing the check. After the check had been dishonored, officials of the store turned the check over to one W.E. Sharp of The Federal...

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