STEINBAUGH v. PAYLESS DRUG STORE, INC.

No. 7502.

401 P.2d 104 (1965)

75 N.M. 118

Dorcis STIENBAUGH and Jean Roberts, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. PAYLESS DRUG STORE, INC., a corporation, and Donald Rice, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

Rehearing Denied May 4, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keleher & McLeod, Russell Moore, Michael L. Keleher, Albuquerque, for appellants.

Wycliffe V. Butler, Albuquerque, for appellees.


COMPTON, Justice.

This is an action for false imprisonment and defamation by slander growing out of the detention and search of the plaintiffs on the premises of the defendant, Payless Drug Store, Inc., by police officers acting upon information furnished by the store's assistant manager, also a defendant, that the plaintiffs were suspected of shoplifting. The cause was tried to the court which entered judgment in favor of the plaintiffs and awarded them damages of...

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