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KNEAS v. HECHT COMPANY

[No. 211, September Term, 1969.]

257 Md. 121 (1970)

262 A.2d 518

KNEAS, A MINOR, ETC. v. THE HECHT COMPANY

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided March 3, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur Dale Leach, with whom were Paulson, Leach & Wilkinson on the brief, for appellant.

Phillips L. Goldsborough, III and Theodore B. Cornblatt, with whom were Smith, Somerville & Case on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before HAMMOND, C.J., and McWILLIAMS, FINAN, SINGLEY, SMITH and DIGGES, JJ.

DIGGES, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

This appeal arises from a shoplifting incident in the Silver Spring, Maryland, department store of the Hecht Company. Because we conclude that the appeal must be dismissed an abbreviated statement of facts will suffice. On April 15, 1966, Edward John Kneas and a school friend, Terry Lohmeier, both thirteen years of age, entered the store to shop for a jacket. It is agreed that eventually Terry Lohmeier, without authority...

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