SMITH v. ALLIED SUPERMARKETS, INC.

No. 58834.

524 S.W.2d 848 (1975)

William Marion SMITH, Appellant, v. ALLIED SUPERMARKETS, INC., and William May, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied July 14, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Niedner, Moerschel, Nack & Ahlheim, Edward C. Ahlheim, St. Charles, for plaintiff-appellant.

James E. Godfrey, Inc., James E. Godfrey, Samuel T. Vandover, St. Louis, for respondents.


BARDGETT, Judge.

In this false arrest case, plaintiff-appellant obtained a circuit court jury verdict in the sum of $1600 actual and $2000 punitive damages. The trial court set aside the verdict and entered judgment for defendants-respondents on the ground that plaintiff failed to make a submissible case. The issue of whether plaintiff made a submissible case turns principally on whether or not there was sufficient evidence from which a jury could find that defendants...

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