CASTANEDA v. J. C. PENNEY, INC.

No. 5991.

438 S.W.2d 938 (1969)

Enrique CASTANEDA and wife, Maria Jesus Castaneda, Appellants, v. J. C. PENNEY, INC., Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

Rehearing Denied March 26, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Abraham, Jr., Sal Rebe, El Paso, for appellants.

Kemp, Smith, White, Duncan & Hammond, Jack C. Duncan, El Paso, for appellee.


OPINION

PRESLAR, Justice.

This suit arose out of an incident in which the employees of J. C. Penney, Inc. detained Maria Jesus Castaneda and subsequently filed a complaint against her for shoplifting. Appellants Enrique Castaneda and wife, Maria Jesus Castaneda, brought the suit against the appellee, J. C. Penney, Inc., alleging illegal arrest, libelous slander, malicious prosecution and false imprisonment. Trial was to a jury on special issues, and based...

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