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TWEEDY v. J. C. PENNEY CO., INC.

Record No. 741149.

221 S.E.2d 152 (1976)

216 Va. 596

Daisy Miller TWEEDY et al. v. J. C. PENNEY COMPANY, INC.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 16, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Wood, III, Lynchburg (Edmunds, Williams, Robertson, Sackett, Baldwin & Graves, Lynchburg, on briefs), for plaintiff in error.

Wm. Rosenberger, Jr., Lynchburg, for defendants in error.

Before I'ANSON, C. J., and CARRICO, HARRISON, COCHRAN, POFF and COMPTON, JJ.

COCHRAN, Justice.

Daisy Miller Tweedy, plaintiff, filed a motion for judgment against J. C. Penney Company, Inc., and three of its employees, as defendants, seeking compensatory and punitive damages allegedly resulting from an incident which occurred in Penney's store in the City of Lynchburg. Tweedy alleged that defendants had insulted, slandered, unlawfully detained, and maliciously arrested and prosecuted her.

Tweedy took a non-suit as to two of the Penney...

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