Holmes v. Clear Weave Hosiery Stores, Inc.

Plaintiff entered defendant’s women’s clothing store in Manchester to purchase a black coat. While she was examining one shown her by the defendant’s clerk, another clerk appeared wearing a black coat that was the shade that the plaintiff said she preferred. When the plaintiff objected to the color of the coat that had been put on her the second clerk said, “come this way and you can see.” The two then walked to the rear of the store, practically side by side, the plaintiff on the left and the clerk on the right, talking about the coat. Both were looking at the coat and talking, as they went…