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MONTGOMERY WARD & CO. v. HERNANDEZ

No. 1940cv.

644 S.W.2d 758 (1982)

MONTGOMERY WARD & CO., Appellant, v. Olivia HERNANDEZ, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

Rehearing Denied August 26, 1982.

Second Motion for Rehearing Denied September 16, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H.H. Rankin, Jr., Rankin & Kern, Inc., McAllen, for appellant.

A.A. Munoz, II, Flores, Sanchez, Vidaurri, Munoz & Guerra, McAllen, for appellee.

Before BISSETT, UTTER and KENNEDY, JJ.

OPINION

UTTER, Justice.

Appellee Olivia Hernandez filed suit against appellant Montgomery Ward & Co. alleging that she had been falsely imprisoned by appellant's employees and sought actual and exemplary damages. Appellant alleged that its employees had reasonable grounds to hold appellee, and therefore, the detention of appellee was legal and lawful. The jury's verdict was favorable to appellee.

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