PRIETO v. MAY DEPARTMENT STORES COMPANY

No. 3768.

216 A.2d 577 (1966)

Georgina PRIETO, Appellant, v. The MAY DEPARTMENT STORES COMPANY, and Ballard G. Hensley, Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided February 1, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Michael Cramer, Washington, D. C., with whom H. Thomas Sisk, Jr., Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

John Jude O'Donnell, Washington, D. C., with whom J. Roy Thompson, Jr., and Thomas H. McGrail, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellees.

Before HOOD, Chief Judge, and QUINN and MYERS, Associate Judges.


HOOD, Chief Judge:

Plaintiff, now appellant, brought this action against a department store and its store detective for false arrest, false imprisonment and malicious prosecution. On consideration of the depositions of plaintiff, the detective, and another store employee, the trial court granted summary judgment against plaintiff. She has appealed.

In the light most favorable to plaintiff, the following facts appear...

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