F. W. Woolworth Co. v. Loggins

Hall, Judge.

The defendant appeals from judgments overruling its general demurrer to the petition and its motion for summary judgment. The plaintiff alleged that she ate lunch at the counter in the defendant’s store and had with her a lamp purchased from another store a while earlier; she left the defendant’s store after lunch' carrying the lamp; she had crossed to the center of the street when the defendant’s employee, acting in the business interest of the defendant and in the course of her employment, ran up behind her, took the lamp out of her hand and ran back into the store. The…