BLACK v. KROGER CO.

No. 16521.

527 S.W.2d 794 (1975)

Cathy E. BLACK et vir., Appellants, v. KROGER CO., Appellee.

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

Rehearing Denied September 18, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip E. Hosey, Galveston, for appellants.

Mills, Shirley, McMicken & Eckel, Alton C. Todd, Russell Serafin, Galveston, for appellee.


EVANS, Judge.

This is a suit for damages for false imprisonment.

Cathy E. Black sued her former employer, Kroger Co., alleging that she had been illegally detained by the company's agents who had accused her of theft by failing to ring up purchases of merchandise while employed as a checker at one of its grocery stores. The jury found that Kroger through its agents, servants or employees had caused Cathy Black to...

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