J. C. Penney Co. v. Romero Ex Rel. Romero

W. O. MURRAY, Chief Justice.

This suit was instituted by C. B. Romero, as next friend of his son, Joe Romero, a minor fifteen years of age, against J. C. Penney Company, hereinafter called Penney, seeking to recover damages for false imprisonment. The trial was to a jury and resulted in judgment in favor of plaintiff and against Penney in the sum of $1,100, from which judgment Penney has prosecuted this appeal.

Appellant’s first point is that there is no evidence, and in any event insufficient evidence to support the jury’s finding that the minor, Joe Romero, was falsely imprisoned by a…