KROGER CO. v. DEMAKES

No. 17046.

566 S.W.2d 653 (1978)

The KROGER COMPANY, Appellant, v. Lula DEMAKES, Appellee.

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

Rehearing Denied June 1, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wyckoff, Russell, Dunn & Frazier, Houston, Strasburger & Price, Royal H. Brin, Jr., Dallas, for appellant.

Law Offices of Burks & Brush, Kirk L. Brush, Raymond S. Rutherford, Houston, for appellee.


COLEMAN, Chief Justice.

This is a false imprisonment case. The defendant appeals from a judgment entered for the plaintiff based on a jury verdict.

While at a check-out counter at Kroger's Grocery Store, Mrs. Lula Demakes picked up a package of cigarettes from a rack in front of the checker's stand. She held the cigarettes in her hand while writing a check to pay for her groceries. A security guard standing at the end of the counter saw her take the cigarettes...

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