WHATLEY v. K-MART DISCOUNT STORES

No. 15581.

451 S.W.2d 568 (1970)

Orletta P. WHATLEY, Appellant, v. K-MART DISCOUNT STORES, A Division of S. S. Kresge Company, et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

Rehearing Denied March 19, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harrison & Taylor, Ken Harrison, Westerfeld & Westerfeld, Maurice U. Westerfeld, Houston, for appellant.

Talbert, Giessel, Barnett & Stone, Alice Giessel, Houston, for appellee K-Mart Discount Stores.

John J. Eikenburg, Hellmut A. Erwing, Houston, for appellee Central Adjustment Bureau, Inc., for appellee.


PEDEN, Justice.

Plaintiff Orletta P. Whatley sued K-Mart Discount Stores and Central Adjustment Bureau for mental anguish and physical illness allegedly caused by their harsh and unreasonable efforts to collect a debt she did not owe. She has filed this appeal from the granting of a directed verdict in favor of each defendant.

Appellant's petition alleged that someone else had used her name to obtain a credit card from K-Mart and had used it to charge purchase...

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