Bankston v. Dumont

Mrs. Ola Blankston sued Oscar Dumont in the Circuit Court of Hinds County for $5,000, actual and punitive damages for an alleged trespass. Appellant, Mrs. Bankston, was a saleslady in Dumont’s store on Capitol Street in Jackson. Appellant contends that appellee went into her purse, which she kept under a counter near the cash register in appellee’s store, and removed therefrom a lady’s slip, which she had taken out of stock and had told Mrs. Davis, another saleslady in the store, that she was going to have Mr. Dumont charge to her as soon as he returned to the store, he then being out for a…