Bonzo v. Kroger Grocery & Baking Co.

Action for malicious prosecution. The petition is in two counts, each count praying damages in the amount of $50,000 ($25,000 actual and $25,000 punitive). Cast on demurrer at the close of his evidence, plaintiff appeals.

Edgar A. Fuhr was in charge of the grocery department of a store of the Kroger Grocery and Baking Company, a corporation, located at 1239 Sutter Avenue, University City, St. Louis County, Missouri. Louis Gephardt was in charge of the meat department of said store. Fuhr and the corporation are defendants. About 7:20 A.M. on May 11, 1927, two young men entered the store and, by…