Sima v. Skaggs Payless Drug Center, Inc.

McQUADE, Justice.

Plaintiff Francis Sima, an Idaho Falls, Idaho, radio and television repairman, brought this civil action for damages for false arrest and false imprisonment. Defendants are Skaggs Payless Drug Center, Inc., and three persons employed in its store in Idaho Falls: Thomas Jensen, the store manager; Leonard Trueworthy, a department manager, and Duane Rose, a clerk.

The incident upon which this action is based occurred December 15, 1958, around 6 p. m. Plaintiff Sima entered Skaggs Pay-less Drug Center, a self-service drug store, and proceeded to a table in the rear. There he…